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星

star
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingセイ、ショウ
Kun readingほし、-ぼし
JōyōGrade 2
  1. star (usu. excluding the Sun)
  2. planet (usu. excluding Earth)
  3. heavenly body
  4. star (glyph, symbol, shape)
  5. asterisk

Popular Usage

衛星火星

Radicals and components

Radical日sunComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · life · This is Your Life · cell · drop (丶) · grow up

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1676

Compound words

衛星えいせい
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
火星かせい
Mars (planet)
巨星きょせい
giant star; great person; giant; superstar; big-shot
暁星ぎょうせい
morning star; Venus; rarity
金星きんせい
Venus (planet)
恒星こうせい
star
黒星くろぼし
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; mark indicating a defeat; loss
新星しんせい
nova; new face; new star
水星すいせい
Mercury (planet)
星空ほしぞら
starry sky
星座せいざ
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
土星どせい
Saturn (planet)
明星みょうじょう
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
木星もくせい
Jupiter (planet)
惑星わくせい
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
彗星すいせい
comet
金星きんぼし
dazzling victory; win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion
白星しろぼし
white circle; white star; victory mark; victory
海王星かいおうせい
Neptune (planet)
小惑星しょうわくせい
asteroid
星条旗せいじょうき
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
星占いほしうらない
astrology; horoscope
天王星てんのうせい
Uranus (planet)
流れ星ながれぼし
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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