朱鳥

朱(しゅ)鳥(ちょう) or 朱(す)鳥(ちょう) • (Shuchō or Suchō) 

1. the Vermillion Bird of the South; guardian creature of the south

   Coordinate terms: 青竜, 玄武, 白虎, 朱雀, 黄竜

2. (astronomy) general term for the seven mansions of the south in Chinese astronomy

   Hypernym: 二十八宿

   Hyponyms: 井, 鬼, 柳, 星, 張, 翼, 軫

   Coordinate terms: 青竜, 玄武, 白虎, 朱雀

3. the Shuchō era, 686

• 朱雀(しゅじゃく) (Shujaku, “the Vermillion Bird”)

• 白雉(はくち) (Hakuchi) (last era before Shuchō)
• 大宝(たいほう) (Taihō) (next era after Shuchō)

朱(あかみ)鳥(とり) • (Akamitori) 

1. variant reading of 朱鳥(しゅちょう) (Shuchō) (see above)