# 七星
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Qīxīng
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cat$^1$ sing$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Chhit-chheⁿ / Chhit-chhiⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Qīxīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Cising
*** Wade–Giles: Chʻi$^1$-hsing$^1$
*** Yale: Chī-syīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chishing
*** Palladius: Цисин (Cisin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cat$^1$ sing$^1$
*** Yale: chāt sīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsat$^7$ sing$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ced$^1$ xing$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chheⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshenn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chitzhvef
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chhiⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: Tshit-tshinn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chitchvy
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰit̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰĩ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰit̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰĩ³³/
* Middle Chinese: tshit seng
Rime :
| Character | 七 | 星 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 質 (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 |
| Baxter | tshit | seng |
| 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 | cat$^1$ | sing$^1$ |
* 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

* 七星壇／七星坛
* 七星山
* 七星岩 (Qīxīngyán)
* 七星板
* 七星燈／七星灯
* 七星瓢蟲／七星瓢虫 (qīxīng piáochóng)
* 七星臺／七星台 (Qīxīngtái)
* 北斗七星 (Běidǒu Qīxīng)

#### 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 tshit seng). (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しちせー [shìchíséé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕit͡ɕise̞ː]
* IPA: [ɕit͡ɕiɕo̞ː]
* IPA: [ɕiɕːo̞ː]

### Noun

七(しち)星(せい) or 七(しち)星(しょう) or 七(しっ)星(しょう) • (shichisei or shichishō or shisshō)
* (astronomy, archaic) the Big Dipper; Ursa Major

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 七 | 星 |

### Noun

七星 • (chilseong) (hangeul 칠성)
* hanja form of 칠성 (“Big Dipper”)