冥王星

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 冥 (めい)王 (おう)星 (せい) (Meiōsei)

冥王星

1. (astronomy) Pluto

From 冥王 (Meiō, “King of the Underworld”) +‎ 星 (-sei, “planet”), coined by Hōei Nojiri in 1930 as a reference to Pluto, the Greco-Roman god of the underworld.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) めーおーせー [mèéóóséé] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) めーお​ーせー [mèéóꜜòsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA^(key): [me̞ːo̞ːse̞ː]

冥王星 (hiragana めいおうせい, rōmaji Meiōsei, historical hiragana めいわうせい)

1. Pluto (Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet)
   • 2009 February 13 [Feb 23 2004], Takeuchi, Naoko, “Actアクト 32サーティツー　無む限げん６シックス　３戦せん士し [Act 32: Infinity 6: 3 Warriors]”, in 美少女戦士Pretty GuardianセーラームーンSAILORMOON [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], volume 7 (fiction), 5th edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 67:

     ——そして　冥 (めい)界 (かい)の星 (ほし)冥 (めい)王 (おう)星 (せい)を守 (しゅ)護 (ご)にもつセーラープルート

     ——Soshite Meikai no Hoshi Meiōsei o shugo ni motsu Sērā Purūto

     ——And I am Sailor Pluto, keeper of Pluto the Underworld Planet

• → Chinese: 冥王星
• → Korean: 명왕성 (Myeong-wangseong)

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) 太 (たい)陽 (よう)系 (けい)の準 (じゅん)惑 (わく)星 (せい) (Taiyōkei no junwakusei); 2007 OR10, エリス (Erisu, “Eris”), ヴァルナ (Varuna, “Varuna”), オルクス (Orukusu, “Orcus”), クワオアー (Kuwaoā, “Quaoar”), ケレス (Keresu, “Ceres”), サラキア (Sarakia, “Salacia”), セドナ (Sedona, “Sedna”), ハウメア (Haumea, “Haumea”), マケマケ (Makemake, “Makemake”), 冥 (めい)王 (おう)星 (せい) (Meiōsei, “Pluto”) ^{(Category: ja:Dwarf planets of the Solar System)}
• プルートー (Purūtō)
• 天 (てん)王 (のう)星 (せい) (Tennōsei)
• 海 (かい)王 (おう)星 (せい) (Kaiōsei)

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

冥王星 • (Myeong-wangseong, McCune-Reischauer: Myŏngwangsŏng, Yale: Myeng.wangseng) (hangeul 명왕성)

1. Hanja form^? of 명왕성 (“Pluto”).