鎮星

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Chinese

composed; small town; to suppress
composed; small town; to suppress; to press down; to post
 
star; satellite; small amount
trad. (鎮星)
simp. (镇星)
alternative forms 填星

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (9) (16)
Final () (44) (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III IV
Fanqie
Baxter trinH seng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʈˠiɪnH/ /seŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʈᵚinH/ /seŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȶienH/ /sɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʈjinH/ /sɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/ȶjĕnH/ /seŋ/
Wang
Li
/ȶǐĕnH/ /sieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȶi̯ĕnH/ /sieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhèn xīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zan3 sing1

Proper noun

鎮星

  1. (historical astronomy) Saturn (the second largest planet in Earth's solar system)

Synonyms