金烏玉兎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	烏	玉	兎
きん Grade: 1	う Jinmeiyō	ぎょく Grade: 1	と Jinmeiyō
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語), from 金烏 (“the golden crow; the sun”) +‎ 玉兎 (“the jade rabbit; the moon”), Chinese 金烏玉兔 / 金乌玉兔 (jīnwūyùtù).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きんう・ぎょくと [kíꜜǹ'ù gyóꜜkùtò] (Atamadaka + Atamadaka – [1]-[1])^[1]

IPA^(key): [kʲĩɰ̃ɯ̟ ɡʲo̞kɯ̟to̞]

Noun

金(きん)烏(う)玉(ぎょく)兎(と) • (kin'u gyokuto)

(literary) synonym of 日月 (jitsugetsu, “the sun and the moon”)
Synonym: 烏兎 (uto)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN