七星

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Chinese[edit]

seven star; satellite; small amount
trad. (七星)
simp. #(七星)

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (16)
Final () (48) (125)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter tshit seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰiɪt̚/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰit̚/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰjet̚/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰit̚/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰiĕt̚/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/ /sieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qi xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cat1 sing1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshit › ‹ seng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[tsʰ]i[t]/ /*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English seven star

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9910 11371
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰid/ /*sleːŋ/
Notes

Proper noun[edit]

七星

  1. (Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  2. Big Dipper
  3. () Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi, China)

Synonyms[edit]

  • (Star Mansion): 星宿 (Xīngxiù)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Zhuang: Gihsingh

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しち
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
しち
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
しつ > しっ
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Either a short-form of (ほく)()七星(しちせい) (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC tshit seng). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(しち)(せい) or (しち)(しょう) or (しっ)(しょう) (shichisei or shichishō or shisshōしちしやう (sitisyau) or しつしやう (situsyau)?

  1. (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

七星 (chilseong) (hangeul 칠성)

  1. Hanja form? of 칠성 (Big Dipper).