冥王星

Chinese

king of hell star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(冥王星)
冥王 星
冥王星

Pronunciation


Proper noun

冥王星

  1. (astronomy) Pluto

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冥 王 星
めい
Grade: S
おう
Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) めーお​ーせー [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]

Proper noun

冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい) • (Meiōsei) ←めいわうせい (meiwausei)?

  1. Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
    • 2009 February 13 [2004 February 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 32(サーティツー) 無(む)限(げん)6(シックス) 3(さん)戦(せん)士(し)”, in [美少女戦士](Pretty Guardian)[セーラームーン](SAILORMOON), 5th edition, volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:
      ——そして 冥(めい)界(かい)の星(ほし)冥(めい)王(おう)星(せい)を守(しゅ)護(ご)にもつセーラープルート
      ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto
      —And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

See also

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
冥王星

Proper noun

冥王星 • (Myeong-wangseong or McCune-Reischauer: Myŏngwangsŏng or Yale: Myeng.wangseng) (hangeul 명왕성)

  1. Hanja form? of 명왕성 (“Pluto”).
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