木星

木星

Chinese

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

木星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mùxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Muk-sên
• Min Dong (BUC): Mŭk-sĭng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): Bo̍k-chheⁿ / Bo̍k-chhiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ cên¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): moq xin (T5)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mùxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mùsing
    • Wade–Giles: Mu⁴-hsing¹
    • Yale: Mù-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Muhshing
    • Palladius: Мусин (Musin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ sing¹
    • Yale: muhk sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Muk-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: mug` sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mug⁵ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /muk̚² sen²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Mŭk-sĭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muʔ⁵⁻⁵⁵ siŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bo̍k-chheⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bo̍k-tshenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogzhvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bo̍k-chhiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bo̍k-tshinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogchvy
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhag⁸ cên¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k tsheⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² t͡sʰẽ³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: moq xin (T5)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊʔ¹¹ ɕɪɲ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /muk̚  seŋ/

Rime
Character	木	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	東 (3)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	莫卜切	桑經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muk̚/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/muk̚/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/muk̚/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/məwk̚/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/muk̚/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/muk̚/	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muk̚/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mù	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	muk6	sing1

Proper noun

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

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

木星 (Mokusei): the planet Jupiter.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) もくせー [mòkúséé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝse̞ː]

• Homophones: 木犀, 木精, 木製

Proper noun

木(もく)星(せい) • (Mokusei) 

1. Jupiter (planet)
   • 2004 July 20 [Sep 22 2003], Takeuchi, Naoko, “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 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラームーン(SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], volume 1 (fiction), 5th edition, 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.

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →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

Hán tự in this term
木	星

Proper noun

木星

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