冥王星

冥王星

2. (astronomy) Pluto (The largest dwarf planet and formerly the ninth planet)

From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]

冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) • (Meiōsei) ^{←めいわうせい (Meiwausei)?}

1. Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
   • 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 32(サーティツー)　無(む)限(げん)６(シックス)　３(さん)戦(せん)士(し) [Act 32: Infinity 6: 3 Warriors]”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:

     ——そして　冥(めい)界(かい)の星(ほし)冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい)を守(しゅ)護(ご)にもつセーラープルート

     ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto

     —And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の準(じゅん)惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); 2007 OR10 (2007 OR10), エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), ヴァルナ (Varuna, “Varuna”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), サラキア (Sarakia, “Salacia”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) (Meiōsei, “Pluto”) ^{(Category: ja:Dwarf planets of the Solar System)}
• プルートー (Purūtō)
• 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei)
• 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei)

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

冥王星 • (Myeong-wangseong or McCune-Reischauer: Myŏngwangsŏng or Yale: Myeng.wangseng) (hangeul 명왕성)

1. hanja form^? of 명왕성 (“Pluto”)