Chinese

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day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
 
trad. (日烏)
simp. (日乌)
anagram 烏日乌日

Etymology

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From the legend of the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (34)
Final () (48) (23)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter nyit 'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪt̚/ /ʔuo/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵit̚/ /ʔuo/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjet̚/ /ʔo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵit̚/ /ʔɔ/
Li
Rong
/ȵiĕt̚/ /ʔo/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕt̚/ /u/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/ /ʔuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jat6 wu1

Noun

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日烏

  1. (literary, figuratively) sun