七星
Chinese
seven | star; satellite; small amount | ||
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trad. (七星) | 七 | 星 | |
simp. #(七星) | 七 | 星 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
七星
- (Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
- Big Dipper
- (~區) Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi, China)
Synonyms
- (Star Mansion): 星宿 (Xīngxiù)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Zhuang: Gihsingh
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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七 | 星 |
しち Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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七 | 星 |
しち Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Kanji in this term | |
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七 | 星 |
しつ > しっ Grade: 1 |
しょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Either a short-form of 北斗七星 (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC tshit seng). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɕit͡ɕiɕo̞ː]
- IPA(key): [ɕiɕːo̞ː]
Noun
七星 or 七星 or 七星 • (shichisei or shichishō or shisshō) ←しちしやう (sitisyau) or しつしやう (situsyau)?
- (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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