七星

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Chinese

seven star; satellite; small amount
trad. (七星) 七 星
simp. #(七星) 七 星

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 七 星
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 質 (48) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III IV
Fanqie 親吉切 桑經切
Baxter tshit seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʰiɪt̚/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sʰit̚/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sʰjet̚/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sʰit̚/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sʰiĕt̚/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/ /sieŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qi xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cat1 sing1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 七 星
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qī xīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tshit › ‹ seng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*i/ /*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English seven star

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 七 星
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9910 11371
Phonetic
component 		七 生
Rime
group 		質 耕
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		七 星
Old
Chinese 		/*sn̥ʰid/ /*sleːŋ/
Notes 説文曐或體

Proper noun

七星

  1. (Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
  2. Big Dipper
  3. (～區) Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi, China)

Synonyms

  • (Star Mansion): 星宿 (Xīngxiù)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Zhuang: Gihsingh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七 星
しち
Grade: 1 		せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
七 星
しち
Grade: 1 		しょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Kanji in this term
七 星
しつ > しっ
Grade: 1 		しょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Either a short-form of 北(ほく)斗(と)七星(しちせい) (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC tshit seng). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

七(しち)星(せい) or 七(しち)星(しょう) or 七(しっ)星(しょう) • (shichisei or shichishō or shisshō) ←しちしやう (sitisyau) or しつしやう (situsyau)?

  1. (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
七星

Noun

七星 • (chilseong) (hangeul 칠성)

  1. hanja form? of 칠성 (“Big Dipper”)
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