Black Tortoise
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The Black Tortoise is ane o the Fower Seembols o the Cheenese constellations. It is whiles cried the Black Warrior o the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), an is kent as Xuanwu in Cheenese, Genbu in Japanese, Hyeonmu in Korean an Huyền Vũ in Vietnamese. It represents the north an the winter saison. Awtho its name in Cheenese, Xuánwǔ, is aften translatit as Black Tortoise in Scots, it is uisually depictit as baith a tortoise an a snake, specifically wi the snake coilin aroond the tortoise.
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Xuán Wǔ sculptur on the eaves tile | |||||||||||||||||
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Cheenese | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
Leeteral meanin | 玄, black or abstruse; 武, martialism | ||||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese alphabet | Huyền Vũ | ||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 현무 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
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Kanji | 玄武 | ||||||||||||||||
Hiragana | げんぶ | ||||||||||||||||
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