East Asia
For the five true planets, their element's Chinese character, hanzi(汉字), is also part of the names of weekdays in Japanese and Korean, complemented with Sunday and Monday. However, Chinese and Vietnamese number the days other than Sunday.
| English Name | Associated element | Chinese/Japanese Characters | Chinese pinyin | Japanese romaji | Korean Name | Vietnamese Name | Old astronomical names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | water | 水星 | Shuǐxīng | Suisei | 수성 (Suseong) | Sao Thủy | Chénxīng (辰星) |
| Venus | metal/gold | 金星 | Jīnxīng | Kinsei | 금성 (Geumseong) | Sao Kim, also "Sao Mai" as "morning star" and "Sao Hôm" as "evening star" | Tàibái (太白) |
| Mars | fire | 火星 | Huǒxīng | Kasei | 화성 (Hwaseong) | Sao Hỏa | Yínghuò (熒惑) |
| Jupiter | wood | 木星 | Mùxīng | Mokusei | 목성 (Mokseong) | Sao Mộc | Suì (歲) |
| Saturn | earth | 土星 | Tǔxīng | Dosei | 토성 (Toseong) | Sao Thổ | Zhènxīng (鎮星) |
The cycles of the Chinese calendar are linked to the orbit of Jupiter, there being 12 sacred beasts in the Chinese dodecannualar geomantic and astrological cycle, and 12 years in the orbit of Jupiter.
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Famous quotes containing the words east and/or asia:
“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“I have no doubt that they lived pretty much the same sort of life in the Homeric age, for men have always thought more of eating than of fighting; then, as now, their minds ran chiefly on the “hot bread and sweet cakes;” and the fur and lumber trade is an old story to Asia and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)