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 () III IV
Fanqie
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/
Bernhard
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

Descendants

  • Old Uyghur: 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (swβ ywltwz /⁠Suv yultuz⁠/) (calque)

See also

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(すい)(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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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

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

Proper noun

水星

  1. chữ Hán form of Thuỷ tinh (Mercury)