陽烏

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void
trad. (陽烏)		陽	烏
simp. (阳乌)		阳	乌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángwu
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-wu¹
    • Yale: yáng-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangu
    • Palladius: янъу (janʺu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ u⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: yang 'u

Rime
Character	陽	烏
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	與章切	哀都切
Baxter	yang	'u
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨɐŋ/	/ʔuo/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɐŋ/	/ʔuo/
Shao Rongfen	/iɑŋ/	/ʔo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨaŋ/	/ʔɔ/
Li Rong	/iaŋ/	/ʔo/
Wang Li	/jĭaŋ/	/u/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯aŋ/	/ʔuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáng	wū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	joeng4	wu1

Noun

陽烏

1. (Chinese mythology) the three-legged crow
2. (literary, figuratively) the sun
3. (literary) color of the sky; time of day

   Synonym: 天色 (tiānsè)

4. A kind of bird.