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Japanese
Etymology 1
Proper noun
朱鳥 or 朱鳥 • (Shuchō or Suchō)
- the Vermillion Bird of the South; guardian creature of the south
- Coordinate terms: 青竜, 玄武, 白虎, 朱雀, 黄竜
- (astronomy) general term for the seven mansions of the south in Chinese astronomy
- Hypernym: 二十八宿
- Hyponyms: 井, 鬼, 柳, 星, 張, 翼, 軫
- Coordinate terms: 青竜, 玄武, 白虎, 朱雀
- the Shuchō era, 686
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Etymology 2
Proper noun
朱鳥 • (Akamitori)
- variant reading of 朱鳥 (Shuchō) (see above)