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Kanji Detail for 星 - "star, suspect"

星

  • Meaning

    星 means "star, suspect." Also associated with celestial.

    1. Star - A celestial body visible at night.

    2. Celestial - Relating to the sky or heavens.

    3. Suspect - A person under investigation.

  • Words using 星

    • 衛星 えいせい Listen (natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
    • 通信衛星 つうしんえいせい Listen communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS
    • 惑星 わくせい Listen planet; dark horse; surprise contender
    • 木星 もくせい Listen Jupiter (planet)
    • 白星 しろぼし Listen white circle; white star; victory mark
    • 火星 かせい Listen Mars (planet)
    • 勝ち星 かちぼし Listen (mark indicating) a win
    • 黒星 くろぼし Listen black spot; black dot; bull's-eye

  • Four-character idioms with 星

    • 北斗七星 ほくとしちせい Listen the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
    • 日月星辰 じつげつせいしん Listen the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies

  • Origin of 星

    日, light (the older form stacked three 日 as points of light), over 生, "to be born", which lends the reading sei: light that is born in the night sky.

    How to remember it: Light 日 being born 生 in the dark — every star is light coming into existence.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 星

    • Verified meaning: star, suspect
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あかり, きら, きらめき, きらら)
    • Also carries these associations: celestial

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 星

    Given names 星(あかり)Listen 星(きら)Listen 星(きらめき)Listen 星(きらら)Listen 星(きらり)Listen 星(すてら)Listen 星(せい)Listen 星(てぃあら)Listen

    Surnames 星(じょう)Listen 星(しん)Listen 星(すみお)Listen 星(せいじ)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    star; spot; dot; mark

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    star, planet; a point of light

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Celestial bodies. Generally divided into five types. Constant ones are fixed stars. Those orbiting fixed stars are planets. Those orbiting planets are satellites. Those appearing irregularly are comets. Those moving like arrows are meteors. Scientifically, this term includes the sun, moon, and earth. The sun is one of the fixed stars. Earth is a planet orbiting the sun. The moon is a satellite orbiting Earth. Colloquially, the small points of light in the clear night sky are specifically called stars, all being celestial bodies extremely far from Earth. | Stars appear at night and gradually disappear at sunrise. Hence, sparse things are likened to 寥落晨星 (scattered morning stars). | Stars are small and numerous. Hence, minute quantities are called 零星. Variety shops are also called 星貨舖, meaning displaying miscellaneous items. Also 星星 means "spotty," such as 星星白髮 (scattered gray hairs). | A type of divination. In ancient times, predicting fortune by star patterns was called 星家. Later, calculating fate based on birth date according to constellations was called 星士. Such as in the phrase 醫、卜、星、相 (doctor, diviner, astrologer, physiognomist). | Star name. One of the twenty-eight lunar mansions.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sei(セイ) セイ

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    boshi(ぼし) ぼし

    hoshi(ほし) ほし

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    star celestial suspect aim astral astrology astronomy comet constellation galaxy heaven luminous meteor night orbit planet radiant shine sky space sparkle stellar

Sentences including 星

  • There were a lot of stars seen in the sky.

  • Not a star was to be seen.

  • Is it possible to see venus tonight?

  • The sky is full of stars.

  • The moon is the earth's only satellite.

  • The moon is a satellite of the earth.

  • This is a book about stars.

  • The earth is one of the sun's planets.

  • Not a star was to be seen in the sky.

  • It is interesting to look at the stars.

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