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The kanji 星: meaning, readings and stroke order
星
- Meaning
- star
- On reading
- セイ sei、ショウ* shou
- Kun reading
- ほし hoshi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 sun, day
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ngôi sao (tinh)
- Japanese
- ほし。
- Korean
- 별 (성)
- Chinese
- 星星
Readings, words and example sentences
セイ sei · on reading
火星
Mars
本で 火星の 絵を 見ました。
I saw a picture of Mars in a book.
ほし hoshi · kun reading
星
star
夜空に 星が たくさん 光ります。
Lots of stars shine in the night sky.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 星 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 星 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.