(わくせい)

わくせい
noun
planet
1. planet
A celestial body that orbits a star, is large enough to have cleared its orbital path, and is not a star itself.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
Mars is known as the red planet.
科学者(かがくしゃ)たち太陽系外(たいようけいがい)惑星(わくせい)(さが)している
Scientists are searching for exoplanets.

惑星(わくせい) refers to a planet. (わく) means 'bewildered/wandering' (planets appear to wander across the sky) and (せい) means 'star.'

THE SOLAR SYSTEM PLANETS:

RELATED TERMS:

NOTE: 冥王星(めいおうせい) (Pluto) was reclassified as a 矮小(わいしょう)惑星(わくせい) (dwarf planet) in 2006.