also: すいきんちかもくどってんかいめい
noun
mnemonic for the planets (including Pluto)
A traditional Japanese mnemonic phrase listing the planets in order from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Often learned by schoolchildren. The cross-reference 水金地火木土天海 is the version without Pluto.
See also: 水金地火木土天海
理科の授業で「水金地火木土天海冥」と覚えた。
In science class I memorized it as 'Suikin Chikamoku Dotenkaimē'.
祖父は今でも水金地火木土天海冥と口ずさむ。
My grandfather still recites suikinchikamokudotenkaimei.
Shorter mnemonic without Pluto; used after Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet.
A mnemonic phrase created by taking the first kanji of each planet's Japanese name in order from the Sun: 水星 (Mercury), 金星 (Venus), 地球 (Earth), 火星 (Mars), 木星 (Jupiter), 土星 (Saturn), 天王星 (Uranus), 海王星 (Neptune), 冥王星 (Pluto).