Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: star, spot, dot, mark

Kunyomi: ほし -ぼし

Onyomi: セイ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

座(せいざ)   constellation

雲(せいうん)   nebula, galaxy

(わくせい)   planet

(えいせい)   satellite

(かせい)   Mars

一等(いっとうせい)   first-magnitude star

北極(ほっきょくせい)   Polaris, north star

(みょうじょう)   morning star, Venus, Lucifer

(ほし)   star

占い(ほしうらない)   astrology, horoscope

Onyomi Examples

セイ Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore

セイザ constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign

シンセイ nova, new face, new star

小惑 ショウワクセイ asteroid

カクセイ celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)

シチセイ the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

Kunyomi Examples

ほし star (usu. not including the Sun), planet (usu. not including Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), star (actor, player, etc.), small dot, spot, fleck, star point (in go), hoshi, intersection marked with a dot, perp, perpetrator, mark, offender, suspect, bullseye, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score

ほしぞら starry sky

四三の しそうのほし the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

希望の きぼうのほし ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent