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星 : Star

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Components:

star, spot, dot, mark

On 'yomi:
セイ(sei) ショウ(shou)
Kun 'yomi:
ほし(hoshi) -ぼし(boshi)
Strokes:9
Radical: (72)
Usage Rating:844
JLPT:N2
old JLPT:2
Grade:2
Unicode:0661f
jis208:32-17
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星 Usage examples

(しろぼし)victory mark, white star
(れんせい)binary star
織女(しょくじょせい)Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae
(かせいねん)Martian year
(さいせい)Jupiter
食連(しょくれんせい)eclipsing variable
(せいしん)celestial bodies, stars
(ふくせい)multiple star
(ほしじるし)star, asterisk
(ほしがた)
(ほしがた)
star shape, pentagram
オリオン(オリオンせいうん)Orion Nebula
ガス状(ガスじょうせいうん)gaseous nebula
ガリレイ衛(ガリレオえいせい)
ガリレオ衛(ガリレオえいせい)
Galilean moons (four moons of Jupiter), Galilean satellites
キラー衛(キラーえいせい)killer satellite
ケフェウス型変光(ケフェウスがたへんこうせい)Cepheid variable
スパイ衛(スパイえいせい)reconnaissance satellite
ニュートリノ(ニュートリノぼし)neutrino star
フレア(フレアせい)flare star
渦巻(うずまきせいうん)spiral nebula
運動(うんどうせいだん)moving cluster
航法(えいせいこうほう)global positioning
科学観測衛(かがくかんそくえいせい)scientific research satellite
海洋監視衛(かいようかんしえいせい)ocean surveillance satellite
(かにせいうん)Crab Nebula
外惑(がいわくせい)outer planet
環状(かんじょうせいうん)Ring Nebula
テレビ放送(えいせいテレビほうそう)satellite television
ラジオ(えいせいラジオ)satellite radio
携帯電話(えいせいけいたいでんわ)satellite-based mobile phone
写真(えいせいしゃしん)satellite photograph
電話(えいせいでんわ)satellite phone
情報収集衛(じょうほうしゅうしゅうえいせい)information-gathering satellite
(せいかい)star world (SF term)
五車(ごしゃせい)Auriga (constellation), the Charioteer
宿(しゅくせい)star of fate, a zodiac
天帝(てんていせい)Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor), Alpha Ursae Minoris, the North Star
南斗六(なんとろくせい)Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
(ほせい)Alcor, the Little Horseman star
プトレマイオス(プトレマイオスせいざ)Ptolemaic constellations
大金(だいきんぼし)most spectacular victory, win of rank-and-file wrestler over the truly great grand champion
(あいぼし)wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament
日月(にちげつせいしん)the sun, the moon and the stars, the heavenly bodies
鬼海(オニヒトデ)crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)
河豚(ホシフグ)starry toado (pufferfish, Arothron firmamentum)
(せんせいがく)astrology
勘定(ほしかんじょう)counting "stars" to tally the score to date, how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)
五芒(ごぼうせい)pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)