惑星

Chinese

confuse star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(惑星)
惑 星

Pronunciation


Noun

惑星

  1. (astronomy, obsolete) Synonym of 行星 (xíngxīng, “planet”) (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
惑 星
わく
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
惑星 (wakusei): a collection of planets.

Etymology

Wasei kango: Calque of Dutch dwaalster (literally “wander star”), composed as a compound of 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) +‎ 星 (sei, “star”).

Coined in 1792 by Dutch-Japanese translator 本木良永 (Motoki Yoshinaga) in his 太陽窮理了解説 (Taiyō Kyūri Ryōkai Setsu, “Theory of Understanding on the Natural Study of the Sun”), a translation of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and its heliocentric model.[1]

Also cited in the 1805 work 和蘭通舶 (Oranda Tsūhaku, “Holland Liner”) by 司馬江漢 (Shiba Kōkan).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わくせー [wàkúséé] (Heiban – [0])[3][4]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

Noun

惑(わく)星(せい) • (wakusei) 

  1. [from 1792] (astronomy) planet
    Synonyms: 遊星 (yūsei), (perceived as the Chinese term) 行星 (kōsei)
    あの星(ほし)は恒(こう)星(せい)じゃなくて、惑(わく)星(せい)です。
    Ano hoshi wa kōsei ja nakute, wakusei desu.
    That light isn't a star, it's a planet.
  2. [from 1933] (archaic) a dark horse
    Synonym: ダークホース (dāku hōsu)
    政(せい)界(かい)の惑(わく)星(せい)
    seikai no wakusei
    a dark horse in the political world

See also

References

  1. 2017, 廣瀬匠 (Hirose, Shō), 『天文の世界史』 (Temmon no Sekai-shi, "World History of Astronomy"), page 29, Shueisha, Tokyo, →ISBN
  2. “惑星”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
惑星

Noun

惑星 • (hokseong) (hangeul 혹성)

  1. Hanja form? of 혹성 (“planet”).
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