水星

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (26) (16)
Final () (18) (125)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () Chongniu III IV
Fanqie
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

Proper noun

水星

  1. Mercury (planet)

See also


Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

水星 (hiragana すいせい, rōmaji Suisei)

  1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  •  (すい) (せい) (きゅう) (Suiseikyū, mount of Mercury)

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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

Proper noun

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

  1. Hanja form? of 수성 (Mercury).
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