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金星

金星

Chinese

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

Proper noun

金星

  1. (planet) Venus

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

From Middle Chinese 金星 ‎(kim seng, “gold star; Venus”, possibly in reference to the planet's visible color).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

金星 ‎(hiragana きんせい, romaji Kinsei)

  1. (astronomy) Venus
Derived terms
  • 金星丘 (きんせいきゅう, ​Kinsei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Venus
  • 金星草 (きんせいそう, ​Kinsei sō): “Venus grass”: alternate name for 栗葉欄 (クリハラン, ​kuriha ran), a type of fern of genus Neocheiropteris; alternate name for 三手裏星 (ミツデウラボシ, ​mitsude uraboshi), a type of fern of genus Selliguea
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
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).

Pronunciation

Noun

金星 ‎(hiragana きんぼし, romaji 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. (figuratively) a great deed
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References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1 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
  • 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 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja in this term
金 星

Proper noun

金星 • ‎(Geumseong) ‎(hangeul 금성)

  1. Hanja form? of 금성, “Venus”.

Pronunciation

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