White Tiger (mythology)

For other uses, see White tiger (disambiguation).

White Tiger
Bái Hǔ sculpture on an eaves tile
Chinese name
Chinese	白虎
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Báihǔ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Baak6 fu2 Yale Romanization Baahk fú Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pe̍h-hó͘
Korean name
Hangul	백호
Hanja	白虎
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Baekho

The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎; pinyin: Báihǔ), is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎; Xīfāng Báihǔ). It represents the west in terms of direction and the autumn season.

It is known as Byakko in Japanese, Baekho in Korean, and Bạch Hổ in Vietnamese.

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Seven Mansions

As with the other three Symbols, there are seven astrological "Mansions" (positions of the Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are:

Mansion no.	Name (pinyin)	Translation	Determinative star
15	奎 (Kuí)	Legs	Eta Andromedae
16	婁 (Lóu)	Bond	Beta Arietis
17	胃 (Wèi)	Stomach	35 Arietis
18	昴 (Mǎo)	Hairy Head	Alcyone
19	畢 (Bì)	Net	Ain
20	觜 (Zī)	Turtle Beak	Meissa
21	參 (Shēn)	Three Stars	Alnitak

See also

• Byakkotai