Black Turtle

English Black Tortoise Etymology From en cmn 玄武 Xuánwǔ Dark Warrior + the primary animal representing it. Proper noun Black Turtle en astronomy a Chinese constellation making up one of the Four Symbols of Chinese astronomy en Chinese culture Chinese mythology a symbol of the element of water and direction north, typically depicted as a turtle entwined with a snake Synonyms en Black Turtle of the North en Black Tortoise en Xuanwu en Hsüan-wu Translations Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 玄武, cmn 北方玄武 Japanese: ja 玄武 Korean: ko ^현무 Polish: pl Czarny Żółw m-an Vietnamese: vi Huyền Vũ