also: とかきぼし
noun
Legs constellation; Chinese lunar mansion
One of the 28 traditional Chinese lunar mansions (宿), corresponding to a group of stars in the western constellation Andromeda. Used in East Asian astronomy and astrology.
See also: 奎
奎宿は二十八宿の一つで、西洋のアンドロメダ座に当たる。
The Legs constellation is one of the 28 mansions, corresponding to the western constellation Andromeda.
古代中国の天文学では、奎宿は文章や学問をつかさどるとされた。
In ancient Chinese astronomy, the Legs mansion was said to govern literature and scholarship.
From Chinese 奎宿 (Kuíxiù), the name of the 15th lunar mansion. The Japanese reading けいしゅく is the on'yomi of the Chinese characters. The rare native Japanese name 斗掻き星 (とかきぼし) is a calque or descriptive term.