Chinese

Noun

朱雀

1. Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky)
2. rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Chinese 朱雀

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) す​ざく [súꜜzàkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo) すざく [sùzákú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝza̠kɯᵝ]

Proper noun

朱雀 ‎(hiragana すざく, romaji Suzaku, alternative reading すざか, romaji Suzaka)

1. Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kan'yōyomi
• (Tokyo) す​じゃく [súꜜjàkù] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• (Tokyo) すじゃく [sùjákú] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɯᵝd͡ʑa̠kɯᵝ]

Proper noun

朱雀 ‎(hiragana すじゃく, romaji Sujaku, historical hiragana すじやく)

1. Vermilion Bird

Etymology 3

Proper noun

朱雀 ‎(hiragana しゅじゃく, romaji Shujaku, historical hiragana しゆじやく)

1. Vermilion Bird

Etymology 4

Proper noun

朱雀 ‎(hiragana しゅさか, romaji Shusaka, historical hiragana しゆさか)

1. Vermilion Bird

Etymology 5

Proper noun

朱雀 ‎(hiragana しゅじゃか, romaji Shujaka, historical hiragana しゆじやか)

1. Vermilion Bird

Coordinate terms

• 青竜 ‎(Seiryū, “Azure Dragon”)
• 白虎 ‎(Byakko, “White Tiger”)
• 玄武 ‎(Genbu, “Black Tortoise”)
• 黄竜 ‎(Kōryū, “Yellow Dragon”)

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9