恒星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
恒	星

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 恒星 (hong seng, “fixed star”). Compare modern Mandarin 恒星.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• こうせい (Heiban)
• IPA: [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

恒星 (hiragana こうせい, romaji kōsei)

1. (astronomy) a fixed star

Derived terms

Derived terms

恒星系 (こうせいけい, ​kōseikei): a star cluster or cloud, such as the Magellanic Cloud 恒星月 (こうせいげつ, ​kōseigetsu): stellar astronomy 恒星光行差 (こうせいこうこうさ, ​kōsei kōkōsa): a stellar aberration, an aberration of light 恒星時 (こうせいじ, ​kōseiji): sidereal time 恒星日 (こうせいじつ, ​kōseijitsu): a sidereal day 恒星図 (こうせいず, ​kōseizu): a star chart 恒星天 (こうせいてん, ​kōseiten): the ancient Greek theory of the heavens with the Earth at the center of seven concentric spheres 恒星天文学 (こうせいてんもんがく, ​kōsei tenmongaku): 恒星年 (こうせいねん, ​kōseinen): a sidereal year 恒星表 (こうせいひょう, ​kōseihyō): a star catalogue 恒星目録 (こうせいもくろく, ​kōsei mokuroku): a star catalogue

See also

• 星 (ほし, ​hoshi): (astronomy) star
• 惑星 (わくせい, ​wakusei): (astronomy) planet

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Korean

Hanja in this word
恒	星

Noun

恒星 (hangseong, hangeul 항성)

1. (astronomy) star

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Mandarin

simpl.		恒星
trad.		恆星

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ xəŋ˧˥ɕiŋ˥˥ ]

Noun

恒星 (simplified, Pinyin héngxīng, traditional 恆星)

1. (Advanced Mandarin, astronomy) star

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: