恒星

See also: 恆星

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 恒星 – see 恆星 (“fixed star”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 恆星).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

恒星 (kōsei): a fixed star.

Kanji in this term
恒	星
こう Grade: S	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
恆星 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 恆星 (MC hong seng, “fixed star”). Compare modern Mandarin 恒星. Used as a translation for the English term fixed star.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーせー [kòóséé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

恒(こう)星(せい) • (kōsei) 

1. (astronomy) a fixed star: a star that does not appear to move relative to other celestial objects

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 恒星系 (こうせいけい, ​kōseikei): a star cluster or cloud, such as the Magellanic Cloud
• 恒星月 (こうせいげつ, ​kōseigetsu): stellar astronomy
• 恒星光行差 (こうせいこうこうさ, ​kōsei kōkōsa): a stellar aberration, an aberration of light
• 恒星時 (こうせいじ, ​kōseiji): sidereal time
• 恒星日 (こうせいじつ, ​kōseijitsu): a sidereal day
• 恒星図 (こうせいず, ​kōseizu): a star chart
• 恒星天 (こうせいてん, ​kōseiten): the ancient Greek theory of the heavens with the Earth at the center of seven concentric spheres
• 恒星天文学 (こうせいてんもんがく, ​kōsei tenmongaku):
• 恒星年 (こうせいねん, ​kōseinen): a sidereal year
• 恒星表 (こうせいひょう, ​kōseihyō): a star catalogue
• 恒星目録 (こうせいもくろく, ​kōsei mokuroku): a star catalogue

See also

• 星 (ほし, ​hoshi): (astronomy) star
• 惑星 (わくせい, ​wakusei): (astronomy) planet

Korean

Hanja in this term
恒	星

Noun

恒星 • (hangseong) (hangeul 항성)

1. (astronomy) Hanja form^? of 항성 (“star”).