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noun

Meaning of

觜 means one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions (Chinese constellations), specifically the Turtle Beak mansion (the third mansion of the western palace). Pronounced zī.

  • one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions (Chinese constellations), specifically the Turtle Beak mansion (the third mansion of the western palace)

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xiù宿
shì
dài
Zhōng
guó
tiān
wén
xué
zhōng
èr
shí
xiù宿
de
西
fāng
xiù宿
zhī
 

The Zī mansion is one of the seven western mansions among the twenty-eight lunar mansions in ancient Chinese astronomy.

觿
shì
xiù宿
de
bié
chēng
 
wèi
shēn
xiù宿
de
shàng
fāng
 

Zīxī is another name for the Zī mansion, located above the Shēn mansion.