四神

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
四	神
し Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
四神 (kyūjitai)

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四神

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Four Symbols

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) しじん [shíꜜjìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiʑĩɴ]

Proper noun edit

四(し)神(じん) • (Shijin) ^{←しじん (sizin)^?}

the four gods 青龍(せいりょう) (Seiryō), 朱雀(すざく) (Suzaku), 白虎(びゃっこ) (Byakko), 玄武(げんぶ) (Genbu), imported to Japan from Chinese mythology

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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