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SPINOZA
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 Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject: Korean question |
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| What's the connection - if any - between days of the week and planets? |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure about that one. From what I've been told, each day represents a certain element.
일 - Sun
월 - Moon
화 - Fire
수 - Water
목 - Tree
금 - Gold/Metal
토 - Earth
There may be more to it, but that's how it was broken down for me... |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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일 - Sun
월 - Moon
화성- Mars
수성- Mercury
목성 - Jupiter
금성 - Venus
토성- Saturn |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
일 - Sun
월 - Moon
화성- Mars
수성- Mercury
목성 - Jupiter
금성 - Venus
토성- Saturn |
Yes, I know.
What's the reason?
Mars / Tuesday: why?
Mercury / Wednesday: why? (presumably nothing to do with water, as Mercury has about as much water as Dave's ESL Cafe has wisdom!) |
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Jeonnam Jinx
Joined: 06 Oct 2005
Location: Jeonnam
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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In the same vein, some planets share the first Sino-Korean origin:
금성 - Venus
화성 - Mercury
목성 - Jupiter
토성 - Saturn
Not sure of the origin of the rest of the planets.
Does anyone count Pluto as a planet anymore? |
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gang ah jee
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
Mars / Tuesday: why?
Mercury / Wednesday: why? |
Why not? The system makes more sense than mixing Roman and Norse mythology like we do in English.
You need wikipedia - days of the week
- - In Japanese and Korean, Sunday and Monday are named after the Sun and Moon, while the other five days are translated using the names of the five classical planets, which themselves are named using the Five Elements of traditional Chinese philosophy. For example, Mercury is called "planet of water" in Japanese and Korean, and Wednesday (Mercury's day in the Romance languages) is called "day of water". These names of days of the week were borrowed from Chinese.- - |
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