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水星

水星

Chinese

water; river star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(水星)

Proper noun

水星

  1. Mercury (planet)

See also


Japanese

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

Etymology

From Chinese 水星 (literally water star)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

水星 (hiragana すいせい, romaji Suisei)

  1. Mercury (planet)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  •  (すい) (せい) (きゅう) (Suiseikyū, mount of Mercury)

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
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

水星 (Suseong, McCune-Reischauer: Susŏng, Yale: Swuseng) (hangeul 수성)

  1. Hanja form? of 수성, “Mercury”.