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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hiân-bú

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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/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hiân-bú
    • Tâi-lô: Hiân-bú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienbuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ bu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ bu⁴¹/

Proper noun

玄武

1. (astronomy) the Black Turtle (literally "Black Warrior"), a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy.
2. (feng shui) the Black Turtle (literally "Black Warrior"), a representation of water and direction north.
3. Xuanwu, a Taoist god.
4. (～區) Xuanwu (a district of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)

Synonyms

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

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)

Coordinate terms

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玄武):

• → Japanese: 玄(げん)武(ぶ) (genbu)
• → Korean: 현무(玄武) (hyeonmu)
• → Vietnamese: Huyền Vũ (玄武)

See also

• 二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玄	武
げん Grade: S	ぶ Grade: 5
goon	kan'on

Etymology

From Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) げんぶ [géꜜǹbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞mbɯ̟]

Proper noun

玄(げん)武(ぶ) • (Genbu) 

1. Xuanwu (Chinese Taoist god)
2. the Black Tortoise, literally "Black Warrior" (one of the Four Symbols, who keeps watch in the north).

Coordinate terms

• 青(せい)竜(りゅう) (Seiryū, “Azure Dragon”)
• 白(びゃっ)虎(こ) (Byakko, “White Tiger”)
• 朱(す)雀(ざく) (Suzaku, “Vermilion Bird”)
• 黄(こう)竜(りゅう) (Kōryū, “Yellow Dragon”)

See also

• 玄武 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Black Tortoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Korean

Hanja in this term
玄	武

Proper noun

玄武 • (Hyeonmu) (hangeul 현무)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
玄	武

Proper noun

玄武

1. chữ Hán form of Huyền Vũ (“Black Tortoise, literally "Black Warrior", one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”).