星 — star
ほし
星
star
ほし
U+661F
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #844
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1556
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Remember 星
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Meanings
- star
Readings
- On'yomi
- せい sei しょう shou
- Kun'yomi
- ほし hoshi ぼし boshi
word
ほし ・ぼし hoshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
せい sei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Words by frequency and grade
15 wordsEach dot is a word containing 星: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 6 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Used as component in (1)
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 日 (sun, a celestial light) below 生 (sei, life/birth). A star — a point of light born in the heavens.