金星

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (金星)		金	星

Proper noun

金星

2. Venus (planet)

Synonyms

• 啟明／启明 (qǐmíng)
• 太白星 (Tàibáixīng)
• 太白金星
• (Wu) 黃昏星／黄昏星

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)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 金星

1. golden star
2. star (that one sees from blows to the head, etc.)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

金星

Kanji in this term
金	星
きん Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 金星 (kˠiɪm seŋ, “metal star; Venus”, in reference to Wu Xing).

Proper noun

金(きん)星(せい) • (Kinsei) 

2. (astronomy) Venus (planet)

Synonyms

• 金(きん)曜(よう) (Kin'yō) (archaic)

Derived terms

• 金(きん)星(せい)丘(きゅう) (Kinsei kyū): (palmistry) a mount of Venus
• 金(きん)星(せい)草(そう) (Kinsei sō): “Venus grass”: alternate name for 栗(クリ)葉(ハ)欄(ラン) (kuriha ran), a type of fern of genus ; alternate name for 三(ミツ)手(デ)裏(ウラ)星(ボシ) (mitsude uraboshi), a type of fern of genus

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)}
• ビーナス (Bīnasu): Venus, the Roman goddess

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
金	星
きん Grade: 1	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

金(きん)星(ぼし) • (kinboshi) 

1. (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over a yokozuna
2. (sumo) a gold star mark displayed on the name and ranking board at a sumo competition indicating such a win
3. (figurative) a great deed

See also

• 銀(きん)星(ぼし) (kinboshi, “ginboshi”): (sumo) a win by a rikishi of the lower maegashira rank over an ōzeki; a silver star

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
金	星

Proper noun

金星 • (Geumseong) (hangeul 금성)

1. hanja form^? of 금성 (“Venus”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
金	星

Proper noun

金星

1. chữ Hán form of Kim tinh (“Venus”).