"惑星" meaning in Japanese

See 惑星 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠kɯ̟̊se̞ː] Forms: 惑星 [canonical] (ruby: (わく), (せい)), wakusei [romanization]
Etymology: Wasei kango: Calque of Dutch dwaalster (literally “wander star”), composed as a compound of 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) + 星 (sei, “star”). Coined in 1792 by Dutch-Japanese translator 本木良永 (Motoki Yoshinaga) in his 太陽窮理了解説 (Taiyō Kyūri Ryōkai Setsu, “Theory of Understanding on the Natural Study of the Sun”), a translation of Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium and its heliocentric model. Also cited in the 1805 work 和蘭通舶 (Oranda Tsūhaku, “Holland Liner”) by 司馬江漢 (Shiba Kōkan). Etymology templates: {{glink/ja|Wasei kango}} Wasei kango, {{calque|ja|nl|dwaalster|lit=wander star}} Calque of Dutch dwaalster (literally “wander star”), {{compound|ja|惑|星|t1=to move about confusedly, to wander|t2=star|tr1=waku|tr2=sei}} 惑 (waku, “to move about confusedly, to wander”) + 星 (sei, “star”), {{cog|nl|-}} Dutch, {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese Head templates: {{ja-noun|わくせい}} 惑(わく)星(せい) • (wakusei)
  1. (astronomy) planet Categories (topical): Astronomy, Celestial bodies, Planets of the Solar System Synonyms: 遊星, 行星 (english: perceived as the Chinese term)
    Sense id: en-惑星-ja-noun-y1gV~lw8 Disambiguation of Celestial bodies: 86 14 Disambiguation of Planets of the Solar System: 92 8 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (archaic) a dark horse Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: ダークホース
    Sense id: en-惑星-ja-noun-k0GSpesb Disambiguation of Politics: 0 100 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: planets of the Solar System: 太陽系の惑星: 水星 · 金星 · 地球 · 火星 · 木星 · 土星 · 天王星 · 海王星 [edit] (Kaiōsei) (ruby: (たい), (よう), (けい), (わく), (せい), (すい), (せい), (きん), (せい), (), (きゅう), (), (せい), (もく), (せい), (), (せい), (てん), (のう), (せい), (かい), (おう), (せい))
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Download raw JSONL data for 惑星 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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