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玄武

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 玄武.

Dictionary

Entry

玄武んぶげんむNounFreq #42073
1

Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens)

2

Astronomy

seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

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

warrior, military, chivalry, arms

8 strokesFrequency 387JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Kun

たけたけ.し

Nanori

たけしたけん

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