简仪
jiǎn​yí

abridged armillary sphere

  • created reference approved 简仪/簡儀 → 浑仪/渾儀 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    简仪 / 簡儀 jiǎn​yí

    浑仪 / 渾儀 hún​yí

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 简仪/簡儀 · jiǎn​yí · abridged armillary sphere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    简仪 / 簡儀

    jiǎn​yí

    abridged armillary sphere

    An ancient Chinese astronomical instrument used for measuring the positions of celestial bodies, created in 1276 by the Yuan Dynasty astronomer Guo Shoujing by simplifying the structure of the [[浑仪|渾儀|hun2 yi2]].

    简 (literal) → 简/簡 · jiǎn · to simplify 仪 (literal) → 仪/儀 · yí · [instrument]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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