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土星

土星

Chinese

earth; dust star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(土星)

Proper noun

土星

  1. Saturn (planet)

See also


Japanese

土星 (Dosei): the planet Saturn.
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
kan'yōon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 土星 (thuX seng, literally earth, soil + star).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

土星 (hiragana どせい, romaji Dosei)

  1. (astronomy) Saturn, the planet

Derived terms

  • 土星丘 (どせいきゅう) (Dosei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Saturn

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  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 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

土星 (Toseong) (hangeul 토성)

  1. Hanja form? of 토성, “Saturn”.