Definify.com

Definition 2024


火星

火星

Chinese

 
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(火星)
anagram 星火

Proper noun

火星

  1. (astronomy) Mars

Synonyms

Compounds

See also

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (火星):

Japanese

火星
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

/kwaseː//kaseː/

From Middle Chinese 火星 (xwaX seng, literally fire star).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

火星 (hiragana かせい, romaji Kasei, historical hiragana くわせい)

  1. (astronomy) Mars

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

火星 (Hwaseong) (hangeul 화성)

  1. Hanja form? of 화성, “Mars”.