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Hsüan-wu

Hsüan-wu is the obsolete form of Xuanwu.

Meaning of Xuanwu

Proper noun

Xuanwu

  1. (Chinese culture) Synonym of Black Turtle.
    Synonyms:
    Black Turtle
  2. A Taoist god.

Origin of Hsüan-wu

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ) (Xuánwǔ, lit. "Dark Warrior").

Questions about Hsüan-wu

What is Hsüan-wu the obsolete form of?
Hsüan-wu is the obsolete form of Xuanwu.

Words near Hsüan-wu in the dictionary

  1. Hsü-ch'ang
  2. Hsü-chou
  3. Hsüan Wu
  4. Hsüan-en
  5. Hsüan-hua
  6. Hsüan-wu
  7. Hsüanwu
  8. Hsüs
  9. ht
  10. ht.
  11. HTCS

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hsüan-wu (page history and authors); Xuanwu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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