Black Tortoise
Sign in to saveAlso known as Xuan Wu, Black Turtle, Black Tortoise of the North, Black Warrior, Xuánwǔ, Hyeonmu, Genbu, Huyền Vũ
Chinese mythology symbol
Key facts
- Chinese
- 玄武
- Literal meaning
- Mysterious ~ Dark ~ Black Warrior
- Hanyu pinyin
- Xuánwǔ
- Yale romanization
- yun4 mou5
- Hokkien poj
- gôan-bú
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Four Symbols
- Followed by
- Azure Dragon
- Follows
- White Tiger
- Image
- Ddol-mangM.jpg
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- native label
- 玄武
- color
- black
- Commons category
- Black Tortoise
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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Encyclopedic overview
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Vietnamese name Vietnamese alphabetHuyền Vũ Chữ Hán玄武 Korean name Hangul현무 Hanja玄武
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