木星

Chinese

		wood (Chinese element)	star; heavenly body
simp. and trad. (木星)		木	星

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 木星

1. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)

Synonyms

• 歲星／岁星 (Suìxīng)

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 (Tiānwángxīng), 海王星 (Hǎiwángxīng)

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Japanese

木星 (Mokusei): the planet Jupiter.

Kanji in this term
木	星
もく Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木星 (muk̚ seŋ, in reference to Wu Xing, literally “wood star”).

Pronunciation

• • Homophones: 木犀, 木精, 木製

Proper noun

木(もく)星(せい) • (Mokusei) 

1. Jupiter (planet)
   • 2004 July 20 [2003 September 22], Naoko Takeuchi, “[Act](アクト) [5](ファイブ)　まこと　[SAILORJUPITER](セーラー　ジュピター) [Act 5: Makoto: SAILOR JUPITER]”, in (deprecated template usage) [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 196:

     あたしたちは仲(なか)間(ま)なの——もちろん　木(もく)星(せい)の守(しゅ)護(ご)を受(う)けた雷(カミナリ)と勇(ゆう)気(き)の戦(せん)士(し)　セーラージュピター　あなたもね

     Atashitachi wa nakama na no ——mochiron Mokusei no shugo o uketa kaminari to yūki no senshi Sērā Jupitā anata mo ne

     We are comrades — and of course, warrior of thunder and bravery under Jupiter, Sailor Jupiter, so are you.

Synonyms

• ジュピター (Jupitā)
• (archaic) 木(もく)曜(よう) (Mokuyō)

Derived terms

• 木(もく)星(せい)丘(きゅう) (Mokusei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Jupiter
• 木(もく)製(せい)型(がた)惑(わく)星(せい) (Mokuseigata wakusei): a Jovian planet, a Jupiter-type planet, a gas giant

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) 太(たい)陽(よう)系(けい)の惑(わく)星(せい) (Taiyōkei no wakusei); 水(すい)星(せい) (Suisei, “Mercury”), 金(きん)星(せい) (Kinsei, “Venus”), 地(ち)球(きゅう) (Chikyū, “Earth”), 火(か)星(せい) (Kasei, “Mars”), 木(もく)星(せい) (Mokusei, “Jupiter”), 土(ど)星(せい) (Dosei, “Saturn”), 天(てん)王(のう)星(せい) (Tennōsei, “Uranus”), 海(かい)王(おう)星(せい) (Kaiōsei, “Neptune”) ^{(Category: ja:Planets of the Solar System)}
• ゼウス (Zeusu): Zeus, the Greek god

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
木	星

Proper noun

木星 • (Mokseong) (hangeul 목성)

1. hanja form^? of 목성 (“Jupiter”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
木	星

Proper noun

木星

1. chữ Hán form of Mộc tinh (“Jupiter”).