水すい金きん地ち火か木もく土ど天てん海かい冥めい

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

• 理り科かの授じゅ業ぎょうで「水すい金きん地ち火か木もく土ど天てん海かい冥めい」と覚おぼえた。

  In science class I memorized it as 'Suikin Chikamoku Dotenkaimē'.

• 祖そ父ふは今いまでも水すい金きん地ち火か木もく土ど天てん海かい冥めいと口くちずさむ。

  My grandfather still recites suikinchikamokudotenkaimei.