金烏

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (金烏)		金	烏
simp. (金乌)		金	乌
anagram		烏金／乌金

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ wu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-o͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinwu
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-wu¹
    • Yale: jīn-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinu
    • Palladius: цзиньу (czinʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ wu¹
    • Yale: gām wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-o͘
    • Tâi-lô: kim-oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kim'of
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kim⁴⁴⁻³³ ɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kim 'u

Rime
Character	金	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	居吟切	哀都切
Baxter	kim	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/u/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	wu1

Noun

金烏

1. (Chinese mythology) the golden crow, the three-legged crow living in the sun
2. (literary, figuratively) the sun

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: ác vàng (calque)

See also

• 三足烏／三足乌 (sānzúwū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	烏
きん Grade: 1	う Jinmeiyō
kan'on	goon

Etymology

Chinese 金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɯ̟]

Noun

金(きん)烏(う) • (kin'u) 

1. (Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi
2. (literary) Synonym of 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”)

See also

• 金(きん)烏(う)玉(ぎょく)兎(と) (kin'u gyokuto)