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6 gru 2016 · The Japanese names of the planets as well the days of the week are 漢語 kango or words of Chinese origin. Learn how to say the days of the week in Japanese from my previous lesson Dates and Days in Japanese .
Below is a list of the names of the planets in Japanese followed by their literal meaning or the symbolism that the Japanese ideograms give to the words: 惑星 (Wakusei) - Planet (illusion + Star) 太陽系 (Taiyoukei) - Solar System (Sun line) 太陽 (Taiyō) - Sun - Also represented by 日. 月 (Tsuki) - Moon - May mean month.
Before we get to Japanese, let's talk about how English got its days of the week. In Latin, the days of the week were Sun-day, Moon-day, Mars-day, Mercury-day, Jupiter-day, Venus-day, and Saturn-day. They literally took the names of the sun, moon, and five visibile planets to give names to the days. In many Latin-based languages Saturn-day was ...
29 sty 2023 · New Planet Names. In the list below you will find the list of newly discovered planets that have received proper names.
2 maj 2024 · 水星 (Suisei) – Mercury. Let’s begin with the first planet of the solar system like we always should. Mercury is the smallest planet out of the 8 planets in our solar system and also the closest planet to the sun. Mercury is written in Japanese with two kanji letters (水星) and it’s pronounced in Japanese as “Suisei”.
8 mar 2022 · 惑星 – The Planets in Japanese. by KeithMarch 8, 2022November 25, 2022. There used to be 9, but now there are 8 planets in our solar system. Though the only planet you may ever visit is the one we are on now, it is good to know what to call them in Japanese. Let’s take a look.
Yōbi (曜日) is, to all intents and purposes, a single expression meaning 'day of the week'. Yet the key to understanding the names of the days of the week lies in that obscure second character 曜 yō. Pronounced yào in Mandarin Chinese, 曜 means 'sunlight' or 'luminary; shining body'.
