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Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God

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xuán wǔ

genbu

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玄武 can refer to the Black Tortoise (an ancient Chinese constellation of stars- part of the seven mansions of the north sky).

In Daoism, this is the God of the North sky.

This also refers to a Black Tortoise god, said to rule over the northern heavens in Japanese. Can also be pronounced/romanized as genmu or when used as a personal name, Hirotake in Japanese.

Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai

Japanese Genbu Karate Club

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rì běn kōng shǒu dào xuán wǔ huì

ni ppon kara te dou gen bu kai

日本空手道玄武會 is the title for Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai.
A Japanese karate association of the Genbu school.

Note that while this title does make perfect sense in Chinese, it is really a Japanese title. In fact, the first word is “Japanese/Japan.”

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
玄武 see styles	xuán wǔ xuan2 wu3 hsüan wu hirotake ひろたけ	More info & calligraphy: Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky (1) (See 四神) Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens; (personal name) Hirotake
玄武區玄武区 see styles	xuán wǔ qū xuan2 wu3 qu1 hsüan wu ch`ü hsüan wu chü	玄武區 Custom Scroll Xuanwu (Black tortoise) district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇\|江苏
玄武山 see styles	genbuzan げんぶざん	玄武山 Custom Scroll (place-name) Genbuzan
玄武岩 see styles	xuán wǔ yán xuan2 wu3 yan2 hsüan wu yen genbugan げんぶがん	玄武岩 Custom Scroll (geology) basalt basalt; whin(stone)
玄武崎 see styles	genbuzaki げんぶざき	玄武崎 Custom Scroll (place-name) Genbuzaki
玄武洞 see styles	genbudou / genbudo げんぶどう	玄武洞 Custom Scroll (place-name) Genbudou
玄武町 see styles	genbuchou / genbucho げんぶちょう	玄武町 Custom Scroll (place-name) Genbuchō
玄武岩質 see styles	genbuganshitsu げんぶがんしつ	玄武岩質 Custom Scroll (can be adjective with の) (See 玄武岩・げんぶがん) basaltic
玄武洞駅 see styles	genbudoueki / genbudoeki げんぶどうえき	玄武洞駅 Custom Scroll (st) Genbudou Station
玄武温泉 see styles	genbuonsen げんぶおんせん	玄武温泉 Custom Scroll (place-name) Genbuonsen
枕狀玄武岩枕状玄武岩 see styles	zhěn zhuàng xuán wǔ yán zhen3 zhuang4 xuan2 wu3 yan2 chen chuang hsüan wu yen	枕狀玄武岩 Custom Scroll pillow lava (geology); pillow basalt
玄武質熔岩玄武质熔岩 see styles	xuán wǔ zhì róng yán xuan2 wu3 zhi4 rong2 yan2 hsüan wu chih jung yen	玄武質熔岩 Custom Scroll basalt; also written 玄熔岩[xuan2 rong2 yan2]
玄武門之變玄武门之变 see styles	xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4 hsüan wu men chih pien	玄武門之變 Custom Scroll Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
粗粒玄武岩 see styles	soryuugenbugan / soryugenbugan そりゅうげんぶがん	粗粒玄武岩 Custom Scroll {geol} dolerite; diabase
玄武岩質マグマ see styles	genbuganshitsumaguma げんぶがんしつマグマ	玄武岩質マグマ Custom Scroll (exp,n) {geol} basaltic magma
六連島の雲母玄武岩 see styles	mutsurejimanounmogenbugan / mutsurejimanonmogenbugan むつれじまのうんもげんぶがん	六連島の雲母玄武岩 Custom Scroll (place-name) Mutsurejimanounmogenbugan

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Xuan Wu Genbu Black Tortoise God	玄武	genbu	xuán wǔ / xuan2 wu3 / xuan wu / xuanwu	hsüan wu / hsüanwu
Nippon Karate-Do Genbu-Kai	日本空手道玄武會日本空手道玄武会	ni ppon kara te dou gen bu kai nipponkaratedougenbukai ni pon kara te do gen bu kai	rì běn kōng shǒu dào xuán wǔ huì ri4 ben3 kong1 shou3 dao4 xuan2 wu3 hui4 ri ben kong shou dao xuan wu hui	jih pen k`ung shou tao hsüan wu hui jih pen kung shou tao hsüan wu hui
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.