井せい

noun

well curb

Rare architectural term for the wooden frame or curb around a well. Often encountered in the compound 井桁 (いげた).

See also: 井桁

• 古ふるい井い戸どには井い桁げたと呼よばれる井せいが残のこっていることがある。

  Old wells sometimes still have a well curb called 井桁.

noun

Well constellation

One of the 28 Chinese mansions, part of the Vermilion Bird (朱雀) group. Used in traditional East Asian astronomy.

See also: 二十八宿 · 朱雀 (すざく)

• 井せいは二に十じゅう八はっ宿しゅくの一ひとつで、朱す雀ざくの七なな宿しゅくに含ふくまれる。

  The Well is one of the 28 mansions, included among the seven mansions of the Vermilion Bird.