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The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996). In a few cases, meanings of the names are vague due to their antiquity. [6] In this article, the translation by Hong Kong Space Museum is used.
Hikoboshi (ひこぼし, [彦星] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) , Male Star) is the Japanese name for the star Altair, also known as Natsuhikoboshi (夏彦星, Summer Male Star) or Kengyūsei (牽牛星, Cow Herder Star) in Japanese. It may also refer to: the cowherd celebrated in the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi
Wasei-kango (Japanese: 和製漢語, "Japanese-made Chinese words") are those words in the Japanese language composed of Chinese morphemes but invented in Japan rather than borrowed from China. Such terms are generally written using kanji and read according to the on'yomi pronunciations of the characters.
Ancient Chinese astronomers designated names to the visible stars systematically, roughly more than one thousand years before Johann Bayer did it in a similar way. Basically, every star is assigned to an asterism. Then a number is given to the individual stars in this asterism. Therefore, a star is designated as "Asterism name" + "Number".
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...
In 2016, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) [2] to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin, dated July 2016, [3] included a table of 125 stars comprising the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN (on 30 June and 20 July 2016) together with names of stars adopted by the IAU Executive Committee ...
Japanese Tenryū 天龍 or 天竜, a loanword from Chinese Tianlong, is a comparable proper name. A famous example is Tenryū-ji 天龍寺 "Heavenly Dragon Temple" in Kyoto , which is headquarters of the Tenryū-ji Branch of the Rinzai sect. Tenryū place names include a waterway ( Tenryū River 天竜川 ), a city ( Tenryū, Shizuoka 天竜市 ...
A Sanskrit boy’s name that means ‘star’ and ‘protector.' 22. Zeke. Although in Hebrew Zeke is a shortened version of Ezekial, the Old Testament prophet, in Arabic the name means ...