皨

皨 U+76A8, 皨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76A8 ← 皧 [U+76A7] CJK Unified Ideographs 皩 → [U+76A9]

Translingual

Han character

皨 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日竹日土 (HAHAG), composition ⿱皛土 or ⿻𭎊㿟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 789, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22795
• Dae Jaweon: page 1204, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2652, character 6
• Unihan data for U+76A8

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 皨 – see 星 (“star; planet; heavenly body; star-shaped object; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 星).

Japanese

Kanji

皨

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. star

Readings

• Go-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei)
• Kun: ほし (hoshi, 皨)

Usage notes

Nonstandard variant of 星.

Noun

皨(ほし) • (hoshi) 

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of 星