金烏

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (34)
Final () (140) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 wu1

Noun

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金烏

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

Descendants

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  • Vietnamese: ác vàng (calque)

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
kan'on goon

Etymology

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Chinese 金烏金乌 (jīnwū)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きん)() (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

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