See also , and

Translingual

Stroke order
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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) Originally . The upper part is the semantic, and is shaped like twinkling stars. The lower part is the phonetic.

Or, 晶 is the sound. (?)

Han character

(radical 72 +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹手一 (AHQM), four-corner 60104, composition)

  1. a star, planet
  2. any point of light
  3. shorthand for Singapore (星加坡)

References

  • KangXi: page 492, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13837
  • Dae Jaweon: page 855, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1500, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+661F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

(jyutping sing1, Yale sing1)


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Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Possibly cognate with Korean  (byeol, star) and Manchu ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha, star).

/posi/ > /ɸosi/ > /hoɕi/

Pronunciation

Noun

(kyūjitai , hiragana ほし, romaji hoshi)

  1. A star.
  2. (tarot): The Star; the seventeenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.

Coordinate terms

Proper noun

(hiragana ほし, romaji Hoshi)

  1. A surname.

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Korean

Hanja


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: seong, McCune-Reischauer: sŏng, Yale: seng)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: byeol, McCune-Reischauer: byŏl)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

(pinyin xīng (xing1), Wade-Giles hsing1)

Compounds

  • 星系核
  • 星相
  • 星象
  • 星星
  • 星星点点, 星星点点的
  • 星星之火,可以燎原
  • 星宿
  • 星眼
  • 星夜
  • 星移斗转
  • 星移物换
  • 星云
  • 星子
  • 海星

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Vietnamese

Han character

(tinh)

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