Readings

Kana: セイ、ショウ、ほし、-ぼし
Romaji: sei, shō, hoshi, -boshi
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Romaji

Meanings

star, spot, dot, mark

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  72
Frequency:  844
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-4-5
Korean Reading:  seong
Chinese Reading:  xing1
Unicode:  661f
JIS:  4031

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2435
Nelson Index: 2121
New Nelson Index: 2452
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4c5.7
Four Corner Index: 6010.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 154
Gakken Index: 877
Japanese Names Index: 946
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13837
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0796
Remembering the kanji Index: 1556
Kanji Flashcards Index: 599
Kodansha Compact Index: 973
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 171
Kanji in Context Index: 463
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1577
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2156
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1570
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1676
Essential Kanji Index: 838
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3089
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3872
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 264
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 181

Words

(ほし)
star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); offender; perpetrator (police slang)
小惑星 (しょうわくせい)
asteroid
惑星 (わくせい)
planet
彗星 (すいせい)
comet
流星 (りゅうせい)
meteor; falling star
(せい)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
衛星 (えいせい)
satellite
恒星 (こうせい)
(fixed) star (i.e. not a planet, meteorite, etc.)
火星 (かせい)
Mars (planet)
星座 (せいざ)
constellation; star sign; zodiac sign
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