Chinese Character for Star

? - to be born

? - Sun

? = ?  ?

?? - Mercury (Water Star)

?? - Venus (Gold Star)

?? - Mars (Fire Star)

?? - Jupiter (Wood Star)

?? - Saturn (Earth Star)

??? - Neptune (Sea King Star)

??? - Uranus (King Star)

??? - Pluto (Deep King Star)

??? - 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

30 DEC 2011

 The Beauty of Chinese Characters

Memes on how Chinese characters build upon each other to produce new characters with interesting meanings.
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