辰星

Chinese

		5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (辰星)		辰	星
simp. #(辰星)		辰	星
anagram		星辰

Pronunciation

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	辰	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chén	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyin ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]ər/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	5th earthly branch	star
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	辰	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1372	11371
Phonetic component	辰	生
Rime group	文	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	辰	星
Old Chinese	/*djɯn/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes		説文曐或體

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Chénxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Chénxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Chénsing
    • Wade–Giles: Chʻên²-hsing¹
    • Yale: Chén-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chernshing
    • Palladius: Чэньсин (Čɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: sàhn sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ər  s-tsʰˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*djɯn  sleːŋ/

Proper noun

辰星

1. (historical astronomy) Mercury (planet)
2. (historical astronomy) Heart Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)

Synonyms

• (Mercury): 水星 (Shuǐxīng)
• (Heart Mansion): 心宿 (Xīnxiù)