日烏

Chinese

		day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (日烏)		日	烏
simp. (日乌)		日	乌
anagram		烏日／乌日

Etymology

From the legend of the three-legged crow in Chinese mythology.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rìwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖˋ ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rìwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖˋ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rìhwu
    • Wade–Giles: jih⁴-wu¹
    • Yale: r̀-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ryhu
    • Palladius: жиу (žiu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐ̩⁵¹ u⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: nyit 'u

Rime
Character	日	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	質 (48)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	人質切	哀都切
Baxter	nyit	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪt̚/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵit̚/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjet̚/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵit̚/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/ȵiĕt̚/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕt̚/	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯ĕt̚/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jat6	wu1

Noun

日烏

1. (literary, figuratively) sun