Kiokun Logo
星
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

star

HSK 1 N2
Human →Relations
xīng
セイ、ショウ
ほし、-ぼし
성
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.
Components
日 day+ 生 life =
星 star
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
生 Phonetic component
shēng life
life, living, lifetime
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze (~1200 - 221 BC)
Bronze
(~1200 - 221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
星
Regular
Modern
Chinese
星 [xīng]
star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
Japanese
星 ほし 同音

noun

  1. star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body
  2. star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk
  3. star (actor, player, etc.)
  4. dot; spot; fleck
  5. bullseye
  6. slang perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect (police slang; oft. written as ホシ)
  7. one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
  8. sumo point; score
  9. Go star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi
  10. (pyrotechnic) star
星 せい 同音

noun

  1. astronomy Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  2. abbrev. Singapore
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
昨夜、屋上から星を観察した。
Last night, we watched the stars from the rooftop.
その星は必ずしも肉眼で見えるわけではない。
We cannot necessarily see the star with the naked eye.
ドアには大きな金色の星がついていました。
There was a big gold star on the door.
Japanese Names
星 あかり
Akari female given name
星 きら
Kira female given name
星 きらめき
Kirameki female given name
星 きらら
Kirara female given name
星 きらり
Kirari female given name
星 しん
Shin unclassified name
星 じょう
Jō unclassified name
星 すてら
Sutera female given name
星 すみお
Sumio unclassified name
星 せい
Sei female given namesurname
星 せいじ
Seiji unclassified name
星 てぃあら
Tiara female given name
星 てぃな
Tina female given name
星 ひかり
Hikari female given name
星 ひかる
Hikaru female given name
星 ほし
Hoshi female given namesurname
星 ほしさき
Hoshisaki surname
星 ほしざき
Hoshizaki surname
星 ほつ
Hotsu surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
星期 [xīng​qī] #812
week
明星 [míng​xīng] #1,196
star
卫星 [wèi​xīng] #2,598
satellite
卫星 [wèi​xīng] #2,598
satellite
星球 [xīng​qiú] #1,805
celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
星座 [xīng​zuò] #9,662
constellation
星星 [xīng​xing] #3,287
star in the sky
三星 [Sān​xīng] #25,836
Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí​lán​xiàn], Taiwan
外星人 [wài​xīng​rén] #2,897
space alien
星期五 [Xīng​qī​wǔ] #3,823
Friday
190 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
海星 [ひとで] #6,807
starfish
図星 [ずぼし] #7,528
bull's-eye
⭐ 星空 [ほしぞら] #9,048
starry sky
⭐ 惑星 [わくせい] #10,578
planet
流星 [りゅうせい] #14,261
meteor
星々 [ほしぼし] #14,496
stars
⭐ 衛星 [えいせい] #14,613
(natural) satellite
⭐ 星座 [せいざ] #17,367
constellation
目星 [めぼし] #18,315
objective
⭐ 流れ星 [ながれぼし] #20,326
shooting star
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (21)
행성 #4,649
planet
위성 #6,299
satellite
거성
big star
금성
Venus
기라성
shining star
북두칠성
Big Dipper; Great Bear
성운
nebula
성좌
constellation
소행성
asteroid
위성 도시
satellite city
11 more items