昴
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
昴 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹竹中 (AHHL), four-corner 60727, composition ⿱日卯)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 494, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13865
- Dae Jaweon: page 858, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1503, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6634
Chinese edit
simp. and trad. |
昴 |
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Glyph origin edit
Old Chinese | |
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卯 | *mruːʔ |
昴 | *mruːʔ |
泖 | *mruːʔ |
茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
聊 | *m·rɯːw |
貿 | *mlus |
鄮 | *mlus |
劉 | *m·ru |
留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
蒥 | *m·ru |
鶹 | *m·ru |
騮 | *m·ru |
榴 | *m·ru |
瑠 | *ru |
瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
遛 | *m·ru |
鎦 | *m·ru |
飀 | *m·ru |
鰡 | *m·ru |
嵧 | *m·ru |
餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
柳 | *m·ruʔ |
珋 | *m·ruʔ |
罶 | *m·ruʔ |
嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
溜 | *m·rus |
霤 | *m·rus |
廇 | *m·rus |
塯 | *m·rus |
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
昴
- (~宿) (Chinese astronomy) Hairy Head Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
Synonyms edit
- 留 (Liǔ)
Compounds edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- the Pleiades (star cluster)
Readings edit
- Go-on: みょう (myō)←めう (meu, historical)
- Kan-on: ぼう (bō)←ばう (bau, historical)
- Kun: すばる (subaru, 昴); すまる (sumaru, 昴)
- Nanori: あき (aki); こう (kō)←かう (kau, historical); たか (taka); たかし (takashi); のぼる (noboru)
Compounds edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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昴 |
すばる Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Likely from Old Japanese, use of kanji in Japanese texts first appears in the Tango-no-kuni Fudoki (c. mid-8th century), phonetic spelling first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
By extension from 統ばる (subaru, “to bunch together; to unite”, intransitive), due to the way the stars in the constellation all cluster together.[1][2] Compare 統べる (suberu, “to command”, transitive).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- (astronomy) the Pleiades star cluster, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions
- a female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term |
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昴 |
すまる Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
Likely from Old Japanese.
Possibly an allusion from 昴の玉 (sumaru no tama, literally “cluster of pearls”) referenced multiple times in the Kojiki (712 CE); probably the original form of Subaru above. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compare the development of 皇 (sume-/sumera- → sube-/subera-, prefix of praise and respect to Shinto deities or an Emperor of Japan)
Proper noun edit
- (astronomy, regional) the Pleiades star cluster, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions
- a male given name
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term |
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昴 |
ぼう Jinmeiyō |
kan’on |
/bau/ → /bɔː/ → /boː/
From Middle Chinese 昴 (MC maewX).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- (Chinese astronomy) the Hairy Head constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, corresponding to the Pleiades star cluster in English
Etymology 4 edit
Kanji in this term |
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昴 |
たかし Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Nominalization of classical adjective 高し (takashi), modern 高い (takai, “high”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- a male given name
Etymology 5 edit
Kanji in this term |
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昴 |
のぼる Jinmeiyō |
irregular |
Nominalization of verb 上る, 登る (noboru, “to ascend, rise”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
- a male given name
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
昴 (eum 묘 (myo))
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