Zhuque
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one of the Four Symbols of Chinese mythology; represents the south and the summer season
Key facts
- Chinese
- 朱雀
- Literal meaning
- Vermilion Peafowl
- Hanyu pinyin
- Zhūquè
- Wade giles
- Chu -ch'üeh
- Ipa
- [ʈʂu.tɕʰɥe ̂ ]
- Yale romanization
- Jyūjeuk
- Jyutping
- Zyu1-zoek3
- Hokkien poj
- Chu-chhiok
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Four Symbols
- Followed by
- White Tiger
- Follows
- Azure Dragon
- Image
- 东汉摇钱树局部1.jpg
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- direction
- south
- native label
- 朱雀
- Commons category
- Vermilion Bird
- color
- vermilion
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vietnamese name Vietnamese alphabetChu Tước Chữ Hán朱雀 Korean name Hangul주작 Hanja朱雀
Japanese name Kanji朱雀 Hiraganaすざく
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