Chinese

Proper noun

天王星

1. Uranus (planet)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系的行星／太阳系的行星; 水星 (Shuǐxīng), 金星 (Jīnxīng), 地球 (dìqiú), 火星 (Huǒxīng), 木星 (Mùxīng), 土星 (Tǔxīng), 天王星, 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

Japanese

天王星

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. 天王 ‎(tennō, “heavenly king”) +‎ 星 ‎(sei, “star”), named after Uranus, the personification of the sky in Greek and Roman mythology.

The ō reading for 王 changes to nō as an instance of renjō (連声).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) てんの​うせい [tèńnóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka - [3])^[1][2]
• (Tokyo) てんのうせい [tèńnóóséé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nno̞ːse̞ː]

Proper noun

天王星 ‎(hiragana てんのうせい, romaji Tennōsei, historical hiragana てんわうせい)

1. Uranus (planet)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太陽系の惑星; 水星, 金星, 地球, 火星, 木星, 土星, 天王星, 海王星
• ウーラノス ‎(Ūranosu)
• 冥 (めい)王 (おう)星 (せい) ‎(Meiōsei)

References

1. 1 2 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

Korean

Proper noun

天王星 • ‎(Cheonwangseong, McCune-Reischauer: Ch'ŏnwangsŏng, Yale: Chen.wangseng) ‎(hangeul 천왕성)

1. Hanja form^? of 천왕성, “Uranus”.