水星

Chinese
water; river star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(水星)		 水 星

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 水 星
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 脂 (18) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 式軌切 桑經切
Baxter sywijX seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕˠiuɪX/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕʷᵚiX/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕiuɪX/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕjwiX/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong		 /ɕjuiX/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li		 /ɕwiX/ /sieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕwiX/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shuǐ xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 seoi2 sing1

Proper noun

水星

  1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms
  • (historical astronomy) 辰星 (Chénxīng)

Derived terms

See also

Japanese
Kanji in this term
水 星
すい
Grade: 1		 せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
水星

Etymology

From Chinese 水星 (Shuǐxīng, in reference to Wu Xing, literally “water star”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

水(すい)星(せい) • (Suisei) 

  1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean
Hanja in this term
水星

Proper noun

水星 • (Suseong or McCune-Reischauer: Susŏng or Yale: Swuseng) (hangeul 수성)

  1. Hanja form? of 수성 (“Mercury”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
水星

Proper noun

水星

  1. chữ Hán form of Thuỷ tinh (“Mercury”).
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