金烏

Chinese
metal; gold; money
 
a crow; black; not
a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (金烏) 金 烏
simp. (金乌) 金 乌
anagram 烏金／乌金

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 金 烏
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侵 (140) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 居吟切 哀都切
Baxter kim 'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiɪm/ /ʔuo/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚim/ /ʔuo/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiem/ /ʔo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjim/ /ʔɔ/
Li
Rong		 /kjəm/ /ʔo/
Wang
Li		 /kĭĕm/ /u/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯əm/ /ʔuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīn wū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gam1 wu1

Noun

金烏

  1. (Chinese mythology) the golden crow, the three-legged crow living in the sun
  2. (literary, figuratively) the sun

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
金 烏
きん
Grade: 1		 う
Jinmeiyō
kan’on goon

Etymology

Chinese 金烏／金乌 (jīnwū)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

金(きん)烏(う) • (kin'u) 

  1. (Chinese mythology) a golden crow, one of the embodiments of the ten suns, nine of whom were shot down by the hero Hou Yi
  2. (literary) Synonym of 太陽 (taiyō, “the sun”)

See also
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