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Chinese | 白虎 | ||||||||||||||||
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Hangul | 백호 | ||||||||||||||||
Hanja | 白虎 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.