The white tiger , Bai Hu, is one of the four Chinese zodiac signs . It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (西方 白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ). Known as Baihu in China, Byakko in Japan, Baekho in Korea, and Bạch Hổ in Vietnam. It represents the west and fall season.
White Tiger (Chinese constellation) 
| | Tile image of Bai-Hu |
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| China |
| Chinese : | 白虎 |
| Transliteration |
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| Putonghua | | - pinyin : | Bái hǔ | | - cyrillization : | Bai hu | | Minsk languages | | - Taiwanese. POJ : | pe̍h-hó͘ | | Yue (Cantonese) | | - yutphin : | baak6 fu2 | | - Yale Romanization : | baak6 fu2 |
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| Japan |
| kanji : | 白虎 |
| hiragana : | び ゃ っ こ |
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| - Hepburn revised system : | Byakko | | - Kunrai Shiki : | Byakko |
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| Korea |
| Hangul : | 백호 |
| Hancha : | 白虎 |
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- new
romanization : | Baek-ho |
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| Vietnamese |
| Vietnamese language : | Bạch Hổ |
Like the other three Signs, it has seven "houses" - areas that the moon passes through the constellation of the White Tiger. Names of stars and their meanings [1] [2] :
House number
(day of the lunar month) | Name ( pinyin ) | Transfer | Star designation |
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| fifteen | 奎 (Kuí) | Hives | η And |
| 16 | 婁 (Lóu) | Leash | β Ari |
| 17 | 胃 (Wèi) | Stomach | 35 ari |
| eighteen | 昴 (Mǎo) | Hairy head | 17 tau |
| 19 | 畢 (Bì) | Butterfly net | ε Tau |
| twenty | 觜 (Zī) | Turtle | λ Ori |
| 21 | 參 (Shēn) | Three stars | ζ Ori |
