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冥王星
冥王星
Chinese
| dark; deep | king; Wang (proper name) | star; satellite; small amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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simp. and trad. (冥王星) |
冥 | 王 | 星 | |
Proper noun
冥王星
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 冥 | 王 | 星 |
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めい Grade: S |
おう Grade: 1 |
せい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
From a compound of 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) + 星 (sei, “star”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
Pronunciation
- On'yomi: Kan'on
- (Tokyo) めいおうせい [mèéóóséé] (Heiban - [0])
- (Tokyo) めいおうせい [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka - [3])
- IPA(key): [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]
Proper noun
冥王星 (hiragana めいおうせい, romaji Meiōsei, historical hiragana めいわうせい)
Descendants
See also
- (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の準惑星 (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); 2007 OR10, エリス (Erisu), ヴァルナ (Varuna), オルクス (Orukusu), クワオアー (Kuwaoā), ケレス (Keresu), サラキア (Sarakia), セドナ (Sedona), ハウメア (Haumea), マケマケ (Makemake), 冥王星 (Meiōsei)
- プルートー (Purūtō)
- 天王星 (Tennōsei)
- 海王星 (Kaiōsei)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.