七星

Chinese

		seven	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (七星)		七	星
simp. ^#(七星)		七	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Qīxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cat¹ sing¹
Min Nan (POJ): Chhit-chheⁿ / Chhit-chhiⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Cising
  - Wade–Giles: Chʻi¹-hsing¹
  - Yale: Chī-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chishing
  - Palladius: Цисин (Cisin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cat¹ sing¹
  - Yale: chāt sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsat⁷ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ced¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chitchvy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiɪt̚ seŋ/

Rime
Character	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	眞 (48)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	親吉切	桑經切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiɪt̚/	/seŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰit̚/	/seŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjet̚/	/sɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰit̚/	/sɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiĕt̚/	/seŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭĕt̚/	/sieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ĕt̚/	/sieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi	xīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cat¹	sing¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]i[t] s-tsʰˤeŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*sn̥ʰid sleːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qī	xīng
Middle Chinese	‹ tshit ›	‹ seng ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]i[t]/	/*s-tsʰˁeŋ/
English	seven	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	七	星
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9910	11371
Phonetic component	七	生
Rime group	質	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	七	星
Old Chinese	/*sn̥ʰid/	/*sleːŋ/
Notes		説文曐或體

Proper noun

七星

(Chinese astronomy) Star Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
Big Dipper
(～區) Qixing District (a district of Guilin, Guangxi, China)

Synonyms

(Star Mansion): 星宿 (Xīngxiù)

Derived terms

七星山
七星岩 (Qīxīngyán)
七星板
北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

七星壇／七星坛
七星燈／七星灯
七星瓢蟲／七星瓢虫 (qīxīng piáochóng)
七星臺／七星台 (Qīxīngtái)

Descendants

→ Zhuang: Gihsingh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しち Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
七	星
しつ > しっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Either a short-form of 北(ほく)斗(と)七星(しちせい) (Hokuto Shichisei) or in the case of shichishō, from Middle Chinese 七星 (MC t͡sʰiɪt̚ seŋ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) しちせー [shìchíséé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕise̞ː]

On’yomi: Goon

IPA^(key): [ɕit͡ɕiɕo̞ː]

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [ɕiɕːo̞ː]

Noun

七(しち)星(せい) • (shichisei)
(alternative reading hiragana しちしょう, rōmaji shichishō, historical hiragana しちしやう)
(alternative reading hiragana しっしょう, rōmaji shisshō, historical hiragana しつしやう)

(astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
七	星

Noun

七星 • (chilseong) (hangeul 칠성)

Hanja form^? of 칠성 (“Big Dipper”).

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN