The two outer planets, Uranus and Neptune (I've dropped Pluto), were discovered much later than the five planets known in antiquity and bear names in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese that are direct translations of the Western ones, namely:
English Uranus Neptune Chinese characters 天çæ æµ·çæ Chinese reading tiÄnwáng-xÄ«ng haÇwáng-xÄ«ng Japanese reading tennÅ-sei kaiÅ-sei Vietnamese Sao Thiên VÆ°Æ¡ng Sao Hải VÆ°Æ¡ng Meaning King of Heaven King of the SeaThe roots used in the Vietnamese names for the planets are the same as for Chinese and Japanese.
Incidentally, the names deriving from the Five Elements were not the earliest names for the planets in Chinese. Some earlier or alternative names were:
English Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Current name æ°´ æ éæ ç«æ æ¨ æ åæ Older name:RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
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