白虎
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 白 | 虎 |
Noun [edit]
白虎 (hiragana びゃっこ, romaji byakko)
- A white tiger.
- (four symbols (chinese constellation)): The white tiger; in fengshui the white tiger is synonymous with the Wu Xing element of metal, the season of autumn, and the direction of west.
Coordinate terms [edit]
- 朱雀 (すざく, suzaku): red or vermilion bird; a phoenix
- 青竜 (せいりゅう, seiryū): blue/azure dragon
- 玄武 (げんぶ, genbu): black tortoise
See also [edit]
白虎 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia- White tiger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:White tiger
- White Tiger (Chinese astronomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 白虎 | |||
Proper noun [edit]
白虎 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin Bái Hǔ)
- White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)
- White Tiger Yan (a bandit leader active in the Wu region during the late Han Dynasty)
References [edit]
- White Tiger (Chinese astronomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)
- 14th century, Guanzhong Luo, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 15 (in Mandarin):
