金星
Chinese
metal; gold; money | star; satellite; small amount | ||
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simp. and trad. (金星) |
金 | 星 |
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Japanese
Etymology 1

金星
Kanji in this term | |
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金 | 星 |
きん Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 金星 (kˠiɪm seŋ, “metal star; Venus”, in reference to Wu Xing).
Synonyms
- 金曜 (きんよう) (archaic)
Derived terms
See also
- (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の惑星 (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水星 (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金星 (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地球 (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火星 (Kasei, “Mars”), 木星 (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土星 (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天王星 (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海王星 (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) (Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)
- ビーナス (Bīnasu): Venus, the Roman goddess
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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金 | 星 |
きん Grade: 1 |
ほし > ぼし Grade: 2 |
jūbakoyomi |
Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) + 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
See also
- 銀星 (きんぼし, ginboshi): (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over an ōzeki; a silver star
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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