金星

Chinese

metal; gold; money star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(金星)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (16)
Final () (140) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter kim seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪm/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚim/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiem/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjim/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/kjəm/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕm/ /sieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯əm/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 sing1

Proper noun

金星

  1. Venus (planet)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (ʾʾltwn ywltwz /⁠Altun yultuz⁠/) (calque)

See also

Noun

金星

  1. golden star
  2. star (that one sees from blows to the head, etc.)

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 金星 (MC kim seng, “metal star; Venus”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(きん)(せい) • (Kinsei

  1. (astronomy) Venus (planet)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • (きん)(せい)(きゅう) (Kinsei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Venus
  • (きん)(せい)(そう) (Kinsei sō): “Venus grass”: alternate name for (クリ)()(ラン) (kuriha ran), a type of fern of genus Neocheiropteris; alternate name for (ミツ)()(ウラ)(ボシ) (mitsude uraboshi), a type of fern of genus Selliguea
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Compound of (kin, gold) +‎ (hoshi, star). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(きん)(ぼし) • (kinboshi

  1. (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over a yokozuna
  2. (sumo) a gold star mark displayed on the name and ranking board at a sumo competition indicating such a win
  3. (figurative) a great deed
See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

金星 • (Geumseong) (hangeul 금성)

  1. hanja form? of 금성 (Venus)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

金星

  1. chữ Hán form of Kim tinh (Venus)