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Chinese
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metal; gold; money
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a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void |
| trad. (金烏)
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金
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烏
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| simp. (金乌)
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金
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乌
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| anagram
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烏金／乌金
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Pronunciation
Noun
金烏
- (Chinese mythology) the golden crow, the three-legged crow living in the sun
- (literary, figuratively) the sun
Descendants
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Japanese
Etymology
Chinese 金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)
Pronunciation
Noun
金烏 • (kin'u)
- (Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi
- (literary) Synonym of 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”)
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