Turtle Beak (Chinese constellation)

The Turtle Beak mansion (觜宿, pinyin: Zī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars
Turtle Beak Orion 3
Deity in Charge of Monsters 司怪 Orion/Taurus/Gemini 4
Seat Flags 座旗 Auriga/Lynx 9
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