玄武

Chinese
black; mysterious martial; military
simp. and trad.
(玄武)		 玄 武

Pronunciation

Proper noun

玄武

  1. (astronomy) the Black Turtle, a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy
  2. (feng shui) the Black Turtle, a representation of water and direction north
  3. Xuanwu, a Taoist god

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Hypernyms
  • 四象

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See also

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
玄 武
げん
Grade: S		 む
Grade: 5
goon
Kanji in this term
玄 武
げん
Grade: S		 ぶ
Grade: 5
goon kan’on

From Chinese 玄武

Pronunciation

Proper noun

玄武 (hiragana げんぶ, rōmaji Genbu, alternative reading げんむ, rōmaji Genmu)

  1. Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations

Coordinate terms

Noun

玄武 (hiragana げんぶ, rōmaji genbu)

  1. black-armored warrior

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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