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天地玄黄

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 天地玄黄.

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Entry

天地玄黄んちげんこうExpression四字熟語Freq #177743
1

heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

heavens, sky, imperial

4 strokesFrequency 512JLPT N4Grade 1

On

テン

Kun

あまつあめあま-

Nanori

あきあもたかしなま

ground, earth

6 strokesFrequency 40JLPT N3Grade 2

On

Nanori

どま

mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound

5 strokesFrequency 1,409JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ゲン

Kun

くろくろ.い

Nanori

けんはるはるか

yellow

11 strokesFrequency 1,240JLPT N2Grade 2

On

コウオウ

Kun

こ-

Nanori

ういれい

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