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See also: 恆星

For pronunciation and definitions of 恒星 – see 恆星. (This term, 恒星, is the simplified form of 恆星.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

恒星 (kōsei): a fixed star.

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 恒星 ‎(hong seng, “fixed star”). Compare modern Chinese 恒星 ‎(héngxīng). Used as a translation for the English term fixed star.

恒星 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 恆星, hiragana こうせい, romaji kōsei)

(astronomy) a fixed star: a star that does not appear to move relative to other celestial objects

恒星系 (こうせいけい, kōseikei): a star cluster or cloud, such as the Magellanic Cloud
恒星月 (こうせいげつ, kōseigetsu): stellar astronomy
恒星光行差 (こうせいこうこうさ, kōsei kōkōsa): a stellar aberration, an aberration of light
恒星時 (こうせいじ, kōseiji): sidereal time
恒星日 (こうせいじつ, kōseijitsu): a sidereal day
恒星図 (こうせいず, kōseizu): a star chart
恒星天 (こうせいてん, kōseiten): the ancient Greek theory of the heavens with the Earth at the center of seven concentric spheres
恒星天文学 (こうせいてんもんがく, kōsei tenmongaku):
恒星年 (こうせいねん, kōseinen): a sidereal year
恒星表 (こうせいひょう, kōseihyō): a star catalogue
恒星目録 (こうせいもくろく, kōsei mokuroku): a star catalogue

↑ 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

Hanja in this term
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恒星 • ‎(hangseong) ‎(hangeul 항성)