28 Chinese Constellations (asterisms)
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| Chinese Name |
Pinyin | Quadrant | # | Approx. Western constellation |
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jiao | East
Green |
1 | Spica |
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kang | 2 | Virgo | |
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di | 3 | Libra | |
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fang | 4 | ||
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xin | 5 | Antares | |
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wei | 6 | Scorpius | |
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ji | 7 | Sagittrius | |
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dou | North
Black |
8 | |
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niu | 9 | Capricorn | |
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nu | 10 | Aquarius | |
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xu | 11 | ||
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wei | 12 | Aquarius/
Pegasus |
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shi | 13 | Pegasus | |
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bi | 14 | ||
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kui | West
White |
15 | Andromeda |
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lou | 16 | Aries | |
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wei | 17 | ||
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mao | 18 | Pleiades | |
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bi | 19 | Taurus | |
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zi | 20 | Orion | |
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shen | 21 | ||
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jing | South
Red |
22 | Gemini |
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gui | 23 | Cancer | |
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liu | 24 | Hydra | |
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25 | Alphard | ||
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zhang | 26 | Crater | |
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yi | 27 | Corvus | |
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zhen | 28 | ||
