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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.
Chihiro can be written using various kanji, which can alter the name's meaning: . 千尋, "thousand fathoms" 千博, "thousand gains" 千裕, "thousand, abundance" 千紘, "thousand, large or huge"
Ai is a Japanese and Chinese and Vietnamese given name. In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana, アイ in katakana, 愛, 藍 or 亜衣 in kanji. It could mean love, affection (愛), or indigo (藍). The kanji 亜衣 is only associated as a proper noun, it could mean Asian clothes.
Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation; Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) 井 Jǐng: Well: 老人 Lǎorén: Old Man α Car [1] 老人: Lǎorén (One star of) 老人星: Lǎorénxīng: Star of Old Man 壽星: Shòu xīng: God of longevity 南極老人: Nánjílǎorén: Old man in the south pole 南極 ...
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 ...
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".
Longevity is commonly recognized as one of the Five Blessings (wǔfú 五福 – longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue, a peaceful death) of Chinese belief [3] that are often depicted in the homophonous rendition of five flying bats because the word for "bat" in Chinese (fú 蝠) sounds like the word for "good fortune" or "happiness" (fú ...
Translation Western star name Chinese star name Romanization Translation; Three Enclosures (三垣) 太微垣 Tài Wēi Yuán: Supreme Palace enclosure: 左微左垣 Tàiwēizuǒyuán: Left Wall η Vir [1] 太微左垣一: Tàiwēizuǒyuányī: 1st star 左執法: Zuǒzhífǎ: The Left Law Administrator 廷尉: Tíngwèi: Commandant of Justice ...