"玄武" meaning in Japanese

See 玄武 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ɡẽ̞mbɯ̟] Forms: 玄武 [canonical] (ruby: (げん), ()), Genbu [romanization]
Etymology: From Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ) Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|玄武|sort=げんぶ}} Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|げんぶ}} 玄(げん)武(ぶ) • (Genbu)
  1. Xuanwu (Chinese Taoist god)
    Sense id: en-玄武-ja-name-9U3Qa~je Categories (other): Astronomy, Gods Disambiguation of Astronomy: 87 13 Disambiguation of Gods: 55 45
  2. the Black Tortoise, literally "Black Warrior" (one of the Four Symbols, who keeps watch in the north).
    Sense id: en-玄武-ja-name-6GDBNYye Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Constellations, Gods, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 18 3 3 3 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 16 2 2 2 59 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 88 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 21 79 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 90 Disambiguation of Constellations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Gods: 55 45 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: 青竜 (Seiryū) (ruby: (せい), (りゅう)) (english: Azure Dragon), 白虎 (Byakko) (ruby: (びゃっ), ()) (english: White Tiger), 朱雀 (Suzaku) (ruby: (), (ざく)) (english: Vermilion Bird), 黄竜 (Kōryū) (ruby: (こう), (りゅう)) (english: Yellow Dragon)
Categories (other): Astrology Disambiguation of Astrology: 0 0
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Download raw JSONL data for 玄武 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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