Chinese Character for Star
生 - to be born
日 - Sun
星 = 日 生
水星 - Mercury (Water Star)
金星 - Venus (Gold Star)
火星 - Mars (Fire Star)
木星 - Jupiter (Wood Star)
土星 - Saturn (Earth Star)
海王星 - Neptune (Sea King Star)
天王星 - Uranus (King Star)
冥王星 - Pluto (Deep King Star)
厄里斯 - Eris (Adversity ?????)
Notes:
Chinese character for star is "sun to be born" indicating a more sophisticated understanding of astronomy than the West.
Folksonomies: etymology sinology
Keywords:
Star Chinese character (0.915255 (neutral:0.000000)), (Deep King Star) (0.855601 (neutral:0.000000)), (Sea King Star) (0.850624 (neutral:0.000000)), King Star (0.836632 (neutral:0.000000)), sophisticated understanding (0.607098 (positive:0.334105)), Water Star (0.442406 (negative:-0.236824)), Gold Star (0.433966 (positive:0.224904)), Star) (0.416672 (neutral:0.000000))
Schemas
The Beauty of Chinese Characters
Memes on how Chinese characters build upon each other to produce new characters with interesting meanings.
