章

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (章):
* → Japanese: 章(しょう) (shō)
* → Korean: 장(章) (jang)
* → Vietnamese: chương (章)

desc

→ English: Chang, Zhang, Cheung, Chiang, Cheang, Cheong

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): A chisel 辛 piercing a piece of untreated jade in the middle of the character (now 日). Originally meaning "to treat jade", likely the original character of 璋 or 彰.
STEDT compares the word to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”); see 陽 (OC *laŋ, “sunshine”) for more.

章動

章动

[The cycle of] nineteen years constitute one zhang. Four zhang make one bu, which is seventy-six years.

c. early 3rd century, Zhao Shuang (趙爽), editor. Zhoubi Suanjing (《周髀算經》)

Shíjiǔ suì wéi yī zhāng. Sì zhāng wèi yī bù, qīshíliù suì.

十九歲為一章。四章為一蔀，七十六歲。

十九岁为一章。四章为一蔀，七十六岁。

(Chinese astronomy) the cycle of 19 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Metonic cycle)


心

/simʉ/ → */ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/
From Middle Chinese 心 (MC sim).
The Buddhist sense is a translation of Pali and Sanskrit चित्त (citta).

(Chinese astronomy) the Heart constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


井

(Chinese astronomy) Well (Chinese constellation)


参

/ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/
The “Three Stars mansion” and “carrot, ginseng” senses are from Middle Chinese 參 (MC srim).
The “jagged, uneven” affix is from Middle Chinese 參 (MC tsrhim).

(Chinese astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


参

/ɕamʉ/ → /samʉ/ → /saɴ/
From Middle Chinese 參 (MC tshom).

(Chinese astronomy, rare) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


參

Shuowen
Three Stars (Chinese constellation)

Simplified from 曑 (晶 → 厽).
The bronze script form is an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 晶 (“stars”) + 光 (“light; brightness”) + 彡 (“light rays”) – Three Stars mansion. 彡 (OC *sroːm, *slom) also acts as a phonetic component. Ignoring the lines connecting the three stars, 光 may be interpreted as 卩 (“kneeling person”), representing someone looking at the shining stars above him.
Alternatively, it may be the original character of 簪 (OC *ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm, “hairpin”), since the bronze script forms resemble a person wearing a hat with three stars.
Based on the seal script form, Shuowen interprets the character as a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰluːm, *sʰluːms, *sloːm, *sʰrum, *srum): semantic 晶 (“stars”) + phonetic 㐱. However, according to the original form, this character is unrelated to 㐱.
From 三 (OC *suːm, *suːms, “three”) + other element (Schuessler, 2007).

Han compound

参
曑
叄
㕘
叅
参
蔘
*蓡
薓
*葠
叄
㕘
叅
参
叄
㕘
叅
𠫵
叁
叁
参
叄
㕘
叅
参
慘
䟃
参

Twenty-Eight Mansions
w:Twenty-Eight Mansions

(～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Three Stars mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)


商

Cao Wei
Chen dynasty
Du Yu
Eastern Han dynasty
Eastern Wei
Eastern Wu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Han dynasty
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jin dynasty (265–420)
Liang dynasty
Liao dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Ming dynasty
Northern Qi
Northern Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern and Southern dynasties
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Shang dynasty
Shu Han
Song dynasty
Southern Qi
Southern and Northern dynasties
Spring and Autumn period
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Warring States period
Western Han dynasty
Western Liao
Western Wei
Western Xia
Western Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Xin dynasty
Yuan dynasty
Zhou dynasty

Traditionally it is considered that 商人 (shāngrén) is so named because this term originally refers to people from Shang dynasty, who tend to do business.
From 賒 (OC *hljaː) plus terminative suffix *-ŋ (Schuessler, 2007). See there for further etymology.

謪
𠘾
𠹧
𠼬
𠾃
𠿧
𡂦
𡃬
𡄚
𡅟
𥫐
𧶜
𧷞
𨝗

(～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 心 (xīn, “Heart mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)”).


女

女 (canonical)
Jo (romanization)
Dyo (romanization)
ぢよ (hiragana historical)

/dɨo/ → /d͡ʑo/
From Middle Chinese 女 (MC nrjoX|nrjoH).

(Chinese astronomy) the Girl, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


婁

Originally phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro): semantic 爪 (“hands”) + phonetic 角 (OC *kroːɡ, *ɡ·roːɡ) + semantic 女 (“woman”). Meaning uncertain.
Later ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 母 (“mother”) + 中 + 女 (“daughter”).

Han compound

娄
𡞔
𡝨
𡝤
𡡋
𡡼
𡜰
𡇔
𣫻

(Chinese astronomy) the constellation Lóu, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions


定

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *teːŋs, *deːŋs): semantic 宀 + phonetic 正 (OC *tjeŋ, *tjeŋs)
Possibly related to Burmese တည် (tany, “to lie in repose; to build, form, establish”) (Luce, 1981).

cog

When Ding culminated [at night fall],
He began to build the palace at Chu.

The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

定之方中、作于楚宮。

定之方中、作于楚宫。

(～星) (Chinese astronomy) the Encampment, one of Twenty-Eight Mansions


宿

In the oracle bone script, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 人 (“person”) + [Term?] (“bamboo mat”) – a person resting on a mat. Sometimes a house (宀) was added.
Later the pictogram of the bamboo mat became 㐁 or 𠀬, and eventually came to be written 百.
Contrast 寒.
; “To stay overnight; lodge > night; mansion of the zodiac [i.e. the Sun's lodging stations]”

Han compound

(archaic, Chinese astronomy) constellation; “mansion” of the zodiac


張

desc

→ English: Chang, Zhang, Cheung, Cheong, Chong, Teo, Teoh

→ Tagalog: Chang, Tiu, Tiong

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *taŋ, *taŋs): semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 長 (OC *taŋʔ, *daŋ, *daŋs).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m/b-raŋ (“strong; firm; tense”) or Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/t)aŋ (“tense; tight”), the latter which appears to be preferred based on more current research (Hill, 2019, p. 224); compare Tibetan ཐང་པོ (thang po, “tense; tight; firm”), Burmese တင်း (tang:, “to tighten; to be tight”).
Pronunciation 2 is the exopassive of pronunciation 1, literally “to be stretched” (Schuessler, 2007).

cog

(Chinese astronomy) Extended Net (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


星

From Middle Chinese 星 (MC seng).
The Singapore sense derives from the pre-World War Two kanji spelling 星加坡 (modern kanji spelling 新加坡) as borrowed from Chinese, itself a transliteration of Malay Singapura.

(Chinese astronomy) one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the Chinese system of constellations


昴

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (昴):
* → Japanese: 昴(ぼう) (Bō)

→ Manchu: ᠮᠣᡴᠣ (moko)

(～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Hairy Head Mansion (Pleiades) (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


昴

昴 (canonical)
Bō (romanization)
Bau (romanization)
ばう (hiragana historical)

/bau/ → /bɔː/ → /boː/
From Middle Chinese 昴 (MC maewX).

(Chinese astronomy) the Hairy Head constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, corresponding to the Pleiades star cluster in English


望

→ Thai: มอง (mɔɔng, “watch, look”)

Burmese language
Proto-Sino-Tibetan language

Originally written 𦣠, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 臣 (“eye”) + 𡈼 (“person standing on the ground”) – a person standing up and looking off into the distance. Later 月 (“moon”) was added to produce 朢.
The 臣 component is now written 亡, making the current form a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *maŋ, *maŋs): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 月 + semantic 𡈼.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mraŋ (“to see”). Cognate with Burmese မြင် (mrang).

Han compound

朢
𣈂
𦣠
𥩿
𣍢
𥪛
𢾘
𭱗

朔望月

In the year 1081, the seventh moon just on the wane, I went with a friend on a boat excursion to the Red Wall.

1082, Su Shi (蘇軾), The Red Wall: Summer (《前赤壁賦》). English translation by Herbert Allen Giles.

Rénxū zhī qiū, qīyuè jìwàng, Sūzǐ yǔ kè fànzhōu yóu yú Chìbì zhī xià.

壬戌之秋，七月既望，蘇子與客泛舟遊於赤壁之下。

壬戌之秋，七月既望，苏子与客泛舟游于赤壁之下。

(Chinese astronomy) the day or night of the full moon


柳

柳 (canonical)
Ryū (romanization)
Riu (romanization)
りう (hiragana historical)

(Chinese astronomy) the Willow as one of the twenty-eight mansions


氐

From Middle Chinese 氐 (MC tej), compare modern Mandarin 氐 (dī).
Used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨te⟩.

(Chinese astronomy) Root, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


策

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (策):
* → Japanese: 策(さく) (saku)

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

/t͡sʰiɪk̚³²/

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰreːɡ): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 朿 (OC *sʰeɡs).

Han compound

筞
*筴
箣
𠞁
𠞦
𠷽
𢄆
𥳯


箕

(Chinese astronomy) the Winnowing Basket (constellation), one of the 28 mansions


翼

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (翼):
* → Japanese: 翼(よく) (yoku)
* → Korean: 익(翼) (ik)

→ Translingual: Yi

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *lɯɡ): semantic 羽 + phonetic 異 (OC *lɯɡs).
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak ~ C-jak (“arm, hand, wing”), especially if the Old Chinese is reconstructed with *l- (Schuessler, 2007; Handel, 2009). Cognate with 腋 (OC *laːɡ, “armpit”), Tibetan ལག་པ (lag pa, “hand, arm”), Burmese လက် (lak, “hand, arm”).
However, Baxter and Sagart (2014) reconstruct the Old Chinese with *-p instead of *-k because of evidence from the oracle bones, making it difficult to compare to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. The shift from the original version *ɢrəp to a later version *ɢrək is due to dialectal variation.
Sagart (2020) proposes a revised Old Chinese reconstruction *m-rəp, which he compares to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/b-ram (“rib”).

inh

(Chinese astronomy) the Wings mansion, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


翼

(Chinese astronomy) the Wings constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


胃

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (胃):
* → Japanese: 胃(い) (i)
* → Korean: 위(胃) (wi)

According to Shuowen Jiezi, the 𡇒 character (note that this Unicode character has undergone libian simplification) atop 𦞅 is a pictogram (象形) of a stomach. While the bronze script form merely consisted of two concentric circles, an inner portion of the character was later added, namely a mutated form of the seal script character of 米 ("rice"), representing grains within the stomach (see also 鬯).
A 肉 component (modern radical form ⺼, not to be confused with the unrelated 月, a moon) was added to specialise the character. Upon transition to the clerical script form, the upper component was simplified to the unrelated 田, which however has a reference to rice and food.
The ancient form of the character can be seen within the lower component of 𦳊.

(～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


胃

胃 (canonical)
I (romanization)
Wi (romanization)
ゐ (hiragana historical)

/wi/ → /i/
From Middle Chinese 胃 (MC hjw+jH).

(Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)


蔀

十九歲為一章。四章為一蔀，七十六歲。

十九岁为一章。四章为一蔀，七十六岁。

(Chinese astronomy) the cycle of 76 years (approximate common multiple for the synodic month and tropical year, similar to the Callippic cycle)


辰

Pictogram (象形) – a kind of agricultural tool used for tilling the fields and removing weeds (Guo, 1931; Qiu, 1992), possibly made of a kind of large clam 蜃 (OC *djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins) (Guo, 1931).
Alternatively, it could be a pictogram (象形) of a person holding onto a cliff – original character of 振 (OC *tjɯn, *tjɯns, “to hold up”) (Shang, 1983).
; “to vibrate”
; “fifth earthly branch”
:Smith (2011) agrees with the proposal (e.g. by Guo, 1931) that 辰 (OC dən) initially depicted an agricultural implement made from clams' shells and was the original form of 蜃 (OC dəns, “mollusc, clam”); so he proposes that the fifth earthly branch depicted the moon's second waning-gibbous phase, which looks like a clam. He also suggests that 辰 (chén) also represented the ovoid-shaped rising sun and is thus related to 晨 (chén, “early morning”).
; “time”
; “heavenly body”

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 心宿 (Xīnxiù, “Heart Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)”).

心宿

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 北極星／北极星 (Běijíxīng, “North Star”).


霸

Same word as 魄 (OC *pʰraːɡ, “soul”) and cognate with 白 (OC *braːɡ, “white”) (Schuessler, 2007). Chiefly attested in Zhou-era bronze inscriptions for calendrical functions (Wang, 1923).

*覇
䩗
𧈉
𧟲
𧟳
𩄤
𣍸

(archaic, Chinese astronomy) Alternative form of 魄 (pò, “illuminated part of the moon”)


鬼

(Chinese astronomy) the Ghost constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions


魄

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Tibetan བླ (bla) and Burmese လိပ်ပြာ (lippra).
Related to 白 (OC *braːɡ, “white”) (Schuessler, 2007).
; "illuminated part of the moon"
; "dark part of the moon"

(archaic, Chinese astronomy) bright, illuminated part of the moon


mansion

→ Japanese: マンション (manshon)

From Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”).

der

(Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.


天罡

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/

(Chinese astronomy) handle of the Big Dipper


分野

/fən⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɐn⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁴¹/

/fən⁵⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɐn⁵⁵ jɛː¹³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻²² ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁵³/

/hun⁴⁴⁻³³ ia⁴¹/

Dazzling Deluder is Heaven’s executioner. Heart is the portion of the heavens that corresponds to Song. Some catastrophe awaits your lordship.

Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

Yínghuò, tiānfá yě; xīn, Sòng fēnyě, huò qiě dāng jūn.

熒惑，天罰也；心，宋分野，禍且當君。

荧惑，天罚也；心，宋分野，祸且当君。

(archaic, Chinese astronomy, astrology) division of the sky into zones (especially for astrological association with the lands of China)


장수

Sino-Korean word from 張宿 (“Extended Net Mansion”).

ko-etym-sino

(Chinese astronomy) Extended Net Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


七星

→ Zhuang: Gihsingh

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

(Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


角宿

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/kɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³³/

(Chinese astronomy) Horn (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


女史

/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Chinese astronomy) 31 Draconis (traditional Chinese name for the star system)


朱雀

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/t͡syː⁵⁵ t͡sœːk̚³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

Vermilion Bird (one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations)


朱雀

ja-pos

朱(しゅ)雀(じゃく) • (Shujaku) ^(←しゆじやく (Syuzyaku)?)

朱雀 (canonical)
Shujaku (romanization)
Syuzyaku (romanization)
しゆじやく (hiragana historical)

(Chinese astronomy) general term for the seven mansions of the south in Chinese astronomy


白虎

/paɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/peʔ⁴⁻² hõũ⁵²/

/paɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/peʔ⁴⁻² hõũ⁵²/

(Chinese mythology) White Tiger (one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations)

(Chinese mythology) White Tiger (god of the West in Chinese mythology)


白虎

/paɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/peʔ⁴⁻² hõũ⁵²/

/paɪ̯³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² hɔ⁵⁵⁴/

/pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ hɔ⁵³/

/pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ hɔ⁴¹/

/peʔ⁴⁻² hõũ⁵²/

Alternative name for 石灰 (shíhuī, “lime”).

Alternative name for 豆腐 (dòufu, “tofu; bean curd”).

(figurative, slang) woman without pubic hair; shaved pussy


女宿

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) the Girl, a Chinese constellation near Aquarius


星宿

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ²⁴ ɕiou²⁴/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³/

/sen²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯u⁵⁵/

/ɕi¹¹ ɕiəu⁴⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niɛu²¹³/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/

/t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ siu²¹³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ soʔ²¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ²⁴ ɕiou²⁴/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɐu̯³³/

/sen²⁴⁻¹¹ si̯u⁵⁵/

/ɕi¹¹ ɕiəu⁴⁵/

/siŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾niɛu²¹³/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siu²¹/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/

/t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu²¹/

/t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ siu¹¹/

/t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/

/t͡sʰẽ³³⁻²³ siu²¹³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ soʔ²¹/


星孛

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ puːt̚²/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/

/sɪŋ⁵⁵ puːt̚²/

"Autumn, the seventh month, there was a xingbei entering the Northern Dipper." What was it that was called bei? It was a comet.

Commentary of Gongyang, c. 206 BCE– 9 CE

“Qiū, qīyuè, yǒu xīngbèi rù yú Běidoǔ.” Bèi zhě hé? Huìxīng yě.

「秋，七月，有星孛入于北斗。」孛者何？彗星也。


招搖

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

/t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹/

/ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

/ʂɑʊ̯³⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/


亢宿

/kʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/kʰɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Neck Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


氐宿

/ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ti²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Root Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


房宿

/fɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/fɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Room Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


心宿

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Heart Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


尾宿

/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ sɐu̯³³/

/bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/

/weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/mei̯¹³ sɐu̯³³/

/bue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/


箕宿

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Winnowing Basket Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


昴宿

/mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Hairy Head Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


昴宿

(Chinese astronomy) the Hairy Head constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, corresponds to the Pleiades in English.


觜宿

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sz̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Turtle Beak Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


胃宿

/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Stomach Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


婁宿

/loʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/loʊ̯³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Bond Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


奎宿

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/kʰu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Legs Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


柳宿

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/lɐu̯¹³ sɐu̯³³/

/li̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/lɐu̯¹³ sɐu̯³³/

(Chinese astronomy) Willow Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


鬼宿

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Ghost Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


井宿

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Well Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


翼宿

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Wings Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


軫宿

/ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Chariot Mansion (one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions)


張宿

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy) Extended Net Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


華蓋

/xu̯ä³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/

/xu̯ä³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/

648 CE, Fang Xuanling (lead editor), Book of Jin

Dàdì shàng jiǔ xīng yuē huágài, suǒyǐ fùbì dàdì zhī zuò yě.

大帝上九星曰華蓋，所以覆蔽大帝之坐也。

大帝上九星曰华盖，所以覆蔽大帝之坐也。

(Chinese astronomy) Canopy of the Emperor, an asterism in the Purple Forbidden enclosure and a sign of bad luck


天馬

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ maː¹³/

(literary, Chinese astronomy) a star in the Legs mansion


璇璣

璿璣
璇玑
璿璣
琁璣
旋璣

/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

/ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

(Chinese astronomy) the “spoon”, or the first four stars of the Big Dipper

(Chinese astronomy, by extension) Big Dipper


足垂れ星

足垂れ星 (canonical)
Ashitareboshi (romanization)

足 (ashi, “feet”) + 垂れ (tare, “hanging”) + 星 (hoshi, “star”)


sao Vĩ

[ʂaːw˧˧ vɪj˧˨]

[ʂaːw˧˧ vɪj˨˩˦]

[saːw˧˧ jɪj˨˩˦]


Tail

(Chinese astronomy) A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon.


長庚

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ kɐŋ⁵⁵/

In the east there is Lucifer;
In the west there is Hesperus;
Long and curved is the Rabbit Net of the sky; -
But they only occupy their places.

Dōng yǒu qǐmíng, xī yǒu chánggēng. Yǒu qiú tiānbì, zài shī zhī xíng.

東有啟明，西有長庚。有捄天畢，載施之行。

东有启明，西有长庚。有捄天毕，载施之行。

(～星) (Chinese astronomy) planet Venus in the west after dusk

(literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 彗星 (huìxīng, “comet”).


啟明

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵³ min²¹/

/kʰɐi̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵³ miŋ¹¹/

/kʰie³³⁻²¹ miŋ⁵³/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/

/t͡ɕʰi³³ min⁴⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵³ min²¹/

/kʰɐi̯³⁵ mɪŋ²¹/

/t͡ɕʰi⁵³ miŋ¹¹/

/kʰie³³⁻²¹ miŋ⁵³/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ¹³/

/kʰe⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²⁴/

/kʰe⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²³/

/t͡ɕʰi³³ min⁴⁴/

東有啟明，西有長庚。有捄天畢，載施之行。

东有启明，西有长庚。有捄天毕，载施之行。

(～星) (Chinese astronomy) planet Venus in the east before dawn; Lucifer


天弓

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kiʊŋ⁴⁴/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

/tʰi̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ki̯uŋ²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴ kiʊŋ⁴⁴/

(Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 弧矢.


福星

/fu³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/fʊk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

/fu³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/fʊk̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/

/hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/

/hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/

(literary, Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 木星 (Mùxīng, “Jupiter, the Star of Wealth”).


五星

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍¹³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/ŋ̍¹³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

太阳系的行星: 水星 · 金星 · 地球 · 火星 · 木星 · 土星 · 天王星 · 海王星 [edit]

the five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)


金虎

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐm⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kɐm⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/

(literary, Chinese astronomy) the seven western constellations of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, White Tiger


酒星

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sɐu̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

(Chinese astronomy) Alternative name for 酒旗 (jiǔqí).


十二次

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/

(Chinese astronomy, astrology) the twelve zones of the sky (astrologically associated with lands of China)


朱鳥

ja-pos

朱(しゅ)鳥(ちょう) or 朱(す)鳥(ちょう) • (Shuchō or Suchō)

朱鳥 (canonical)
朱鳥 (canonical)
Shuchō (romanization)
Suchō (romanization)

(Chinese astronomy) Synonym of 朱雀 (Shujaku, “general term for the seven mansions of the south in Chinese astronomy”)