Chinese
牵牛 / 牽牛 [Qiānniú]
Altair (star); Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
牵牛 / 牽牛 [qiānniú]
morning glory (Pharbitis nil)
Japanese
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Korean
견우 [牽牛]
Gyeonu; The herdsman in the story of Gyeonuwajingnyeo,The Herdsman and the Weaver; said to be separated from his lover, a weaver, by the Milky Way, the lovers meet only once a year on the 7th day of the 7th month by the lunar calendar, when crows and magpies come together to make the Okjakgyo, the Crow-Magpie Bridge, for them.
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Japanese Names
牽牛 けんぎゅう
Kengyū unclassified name
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