Chinese edit

metal; gold; money star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(金星)
 
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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (16)
Final () (140) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter kim seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiɪm/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚim/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiem/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kjim/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/kjəm/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭĕm/ /sieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯əm/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīn xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gam1 sing1

Proper noun edit

金星

  1. Venus (planet)

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Noun edit

金星

  1. golden star
  2. star (that one sees from blows to the head, etc.)

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
 金星 (Kinsei) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Venus (planet) on Wikipedia
 
金星

From Middle Chinese 金星 (MC kim seng, “metal star; Venus”).

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Proper noun edit

(きん)(せい) (Kinsei

  1. (astronomy) Venus (planet)
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Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
きん
Grade: 1
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi
 金星 (Kinboshi) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Kinboshi on Wikipedia

Compound of (kin, gold) +‎ (hoshi, star). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

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Noun edit

(きん)(ぼし) (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. (figurative) a great deed
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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

Proper noun edit

金星 (Geumseong) (hangeul 금성)

  1. Hanja form? of 금성 (Venus).

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun edit

金星

  1. chữ Hán form of Kim tinh (Venus).