星 – star, spot, dot

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#844 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 星 means star, spot, dot, mark. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ、ショウ (sei, shou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほし、-ぼし (hoshi, boshi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
On’yomi	ショウ	shou
Kun’yomi	ほし	hoshi
Kun’yomi	-ぼし	boshi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 生・日.

Words using 星

星ほしstar (usu. excluding the Sun)衛星えいせい(natural) satellite火星かせいMars (planet)星座せいざconstellation惑星わくせいplanet

Example sentences

昨夜、屋上から星を観察した。

Last night, we watched the stars from the rooftop.

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その星は必ずしも肉眼で見えるわけではない。

We cannot necessarily see the star with the naked eye.

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ドアには大きな金色の星がついていました。

There was a big gold star on the door.

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Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇曜暮晴

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