玄武

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xuánwǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xuánwǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syuánwǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Hsüan²-wu³
    • Yale: Sywán-wǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyuanwuu
    • Palladius: Сюаньу (Sjuanʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ mou⁵
    • Yale: yùhn móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ mou̯¹³/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 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

Synonyms

• 北方玄武 (Běifāng Xuánwǔ)
• (Hokkien) 帝爺／帝爷, 帝爺公／帝爷公
• (Teochew) 玄武山佛祖

Coordinate terms

• 白虎 (báihǔ)
• 青龍／青龙 (qīnglóng)
• 朱雀 (zhūquè)

Hypernyms

• 四象

Hyponyms

• 斗 (dǒu), 斗宿 (Dǒuxiù)
• 牛 (niú), 牛宿 (Niúxiù)
• 女 (nǚ), 女宿 (Nǚxiù)
• 虛／虚 (xū), 虛宿／虚宿 (Xūxiù)
• 危 (wēi), 危宿 (Wēixiù)
• 室 (shì), 室宿 (Shìxiù)
• 壁 (bì), 壁宿 (Bìxiù)

See also

• 二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)

(deprecated template usage)

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

玄(げん)武(ぶ) or 玄(げん)武(む) • (Genbu or Genmu) 

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

Coordinate terms

• 青竜(せいりゅう) (Seiryū): Azure Dragon
• 白虎(びゃっこ) (Byakko): White Tiger
• 朱雀(すざく) (Suzaku): Vermilion Bird
• 黄竜(こうりゅう) (Kōryū): Yellow Dragon

Noun

玄(げん)武(ぶ) • (genbu) 

1. black-armored warrior

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Korean

Hanja in this term
玄	武

Proper noun

玄武 • (Hyeonmu) (hangeul 현무)

1. Hanja form^? of 현무 (“Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
玄	武

Proper noun

玄武

1. Template:han tu form of