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Keyword
star
  • spot
  • dot
  • mark
Frequency
#844
Strokes
9
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
1676
Readings
セイ70%
ぼし19%
ほし11%
Mnemonic
Astronomers dismiss it as a dull distant star, but the alien life orbiting it calls that speck their sun, and right now they're squinting back at us.
Stroke order
Composed of
日sun生life
Used in kanji
惺realize猩orangutan腥bloody醒awakening
Used in vocabulary
星ほし
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body; star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot; fleck; bullseye; …
Noun
衛えい星せい
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
Noun
惑わく星せい
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
Noun
通つう信しん衛えい星せい
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS
Noun
火か星せい
Mars (planet)
Noun
人じん工こう衛えい星せい
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
Noun
星せい座ざ
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
Noun
星ほし空ぞら
starry sky
Noun
木もく星せい
Jupiter (planet)
Noun
白しろ星ぼし
white circle; white star; victory mark; victory
Noun
勝かち星ぼし
(mark indicating) a win
Noun
黒くろ星ぼし
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure; mistake; faux pas
Noun
新しん星せい
nova; new face; new star
Noun
金きん星ぼし
dazzling victory; win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion
Noun
彗すい星せい
comet
Noun
小しょう惑わく星せい
asteroid
Noun
金きん星せい
Venus (planet)
Noun
星ほし占うらない
astrology; horoscope
Noun
流りゅう星せい
meteor; shooting star; falling star
Noun
星せい
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Noun
土ど星せい
Saturn (planet)
Noun
星せい雲うん
nebula
Noun
超ちょう新しん星せい
supernova
Noun
流ながれ星ぼし
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
Noun