This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

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