玄武 (げんぶ) — Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens), seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) and seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens), seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

玄

mysterious, occultness, black...

くろ, くろ.い, ゲン

亠

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

幺

short thread radical (no. 52)

ちいさい, ヨウ

武

warrior, military, chivalry...

たけ, たけ.し, ブ

弋

( CDP-8CB8 ) piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

弋

piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)

いぐるみ, ヨク

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

止

と.まる, -ど.まり, シ

卜

( ト ) divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

うらな.う, うらない, ボク

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