KanjiDB
Radical Index : : 星

セイ, ショウ, ほし, -ぼし
star, spot, dot, mark
This kanji has 9 strokes: 4 strokes in the "sun" radical () and 5 other strokes
Sample Compounds (200):
1.

わくせい

planet
2.

せいじょうき

Stars and Stripes (US flag), Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
3.

すいせい

comet
4.

かちぼし

(mark indicating) a win
5.

しょうわくせい

asteroid
6.

ほしうらない

astrology, horoscope
7.

きょせい

giant star, great man, big-shot
8.

くろぼし

black spot, black dot, bull''s-eye, failure mark (sumo)
9.

ぎょうせい

morning star, Venus, rarity
10.

みょうじょう

morning star, Venus, Lucifer, preeminent person (within their own field), star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
11.

ほしぞら

starry sky
12.

きんぼし

dazzling victory, win of rank-and-file sumo wrestler over the grand champion
13.

しんせい

new face (star), nova
14.

もくせい

Jupiter (planet)
15.

じんこうえいせい

man-made satellite
16.

かせい

Mars (planet)
17.

つうしんえいせい

communication satellite, Broadcast Satellite, BS
18.

ながれぼし

shooting star, meteor
19.

しろぼし

white circle, white star, victory mark (sumo)
20.

せいざ

constellation
21.

すいせい

Mercury (planet)
22.

ほし

star, any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon), suspect (police slang)
23.

えいせい

satellite
24.

こうせい

(fixed) star (i.e. not a planet, meteorite, etc.)
25.

ろくれんせい

The Pleiades
26.
テレビ
えいせいテレビほうそう

satellite television
27.
宿
しゅくせい

star of fate, a zodiac
28.

せんせいがく

astrology
29.

へんこうせい

variable star
30.
ケフェウス
ケフェウスがたへんこうせい

Cepheid variable
31.

こうせいけい

star system
32.

ほしとりひょう

chart used to keep track of sumo wrestler''s records during the tournament
33.

そいぼし

Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), satellite
34.

いっとうせい

first-magnitude star
35.

かにせいうん

Crab Nebula
36.

せいうん

nebula, galaxy
37.
ラジオ
えいせいラジオ

satellite radio
38.

できぼし

upstart, mushroom millionaire
39.

せんせいじゅつ

astrology
40.

ほせい

Alcor, the Little Horseman star
41.
スパイ
スパイえいせい

reconnaissance satellite
42.

こうせいげつ

sidereal month
43.
宿
せいしゅく

constellation, mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions), Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
44.

でんぱせい

radio star
45.

さんとうせい

third magnitude star
46.

がいわくせい

outer planet
47.

せいうんせつ

the nebular hypothesis
48.

わくせいたんさ

planetary exploration
49.

えいせいけいたいでんわ

satellite-based mobile phone
50.

じゅんせい

quasar
51.

あいぼし

sumo wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of tournament
52.

ほうそうえいせい

broadcasting satellite
53.
トレミー
トレミーせいざ

Ptolemaic constellations
54.

こうせいじ

sidereal time
55.

とかきぼし

Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
56.
うるき
うるきぼし

Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
57.
わい
かっしょくわいせい

brown dwarf (star)
58.

ほしかげ

starlight
59.

ほうきぼし

comet
60.

えいせいこうほう

global positioning
61.

じゅんわくせい

dwarf planet (e.g. Ceres, Eris and Pluto)
62.

そくちえいせい

geodetic satellite
63.

そいぼし

Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
64.
ニュートリノ
ニュートリノぼし

neutrino star
65.

こうせいてん

sphere of fixed stars (in the Ptolemaic system)
66.

せいじょうたい

asteroid
67.

どせい

Saturn (planet)
68.
すい
すいせい

comet
69.

かっしょくわいせい

brown dwarf (star)
70.

ほしふぐ

starry toado (poisonous fish, Arothron firmamentum)
71.

えいせいこく

satellite country
72.

あしたれぼし

Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
73.

ほっきょくせい

Polaris, north star
74.
ハレー
ハレーすいせい

Halley''s comet
75.

こうせいじつ

sidereal day
76.

せいしょく

occultation
77.

からすきぼし

Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
78.
たたら
たたらぼし

Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
79.

かんじょうせいうん

ring nebula
80.

ほしまわり

one''s star, one''s fortune or destiny
81.
のようにれる
すいせいのようにあらわれる

to become famous overnight, to burst into fame
82.

えいせいしゃしん

satellite photograph
83.

よいのみょうじょう

evening star, Venus
84.

あしたれぼし

Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
85.

ほくとしちせい

the Great Bear, the Great Dipper, Ursa Major
86.
フレア
フレアせい

flare star
87.

こうせいねん

a sidereal year
88.

せいじん

person from (the planet of)
89.

ないわくせい

inner planet
90.
ちちり
ちちりぼし

Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
91.

いくせいそう

many months and years
92.

せいかい

star world (SF term)
93.

すばるぼし

Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Pleiades, Seven Sisters
94.

えいせいちきゅうきょく

(satellite) earth station
95.

しょうせい

commander
96.

だいきんぼし

most spectacular victory, win of rank-and-file sumo wrestler over the truly great grand champion
97.

ほくとせい

the Great Bear, the Great Dipper, Ursa Major
98.
プトレマイオス
プトレマイオスせいざ

(constellation) Ptolemy
99.

こうせいひょう

star catalog, star catalogue
100.

せいず

star map
101.

なんきょくせい

the southern polar stars
102.
ちりこ
ちりこぼし

Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
103.

きしょうえいせい

weather satellite
104.

せいがく

astronomy
105.

ぼうせい

Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Pleiades, Seven Sisters
106.

えいせいちゅうけい

satellite transmission
107.

ちきゅうかんそくえいせい

earth observation satellite
108.

みぼし

Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
109.
プレアデス
プレアデスせいだん

Pleiades star cluster
110.
わい
こくしょくわいせい

black dwarf (star)
111.

みなみじゅうじせい

(brightest four stars of the) Southern Cross
112.
とみて
とみてぼし

Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
113.

おにひとで

crown-of-thorns starfish
114.

ほしかんじょう

sumo term "counting stars" for reckoning score to date, how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)
115.

からすきぼし

Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
116.

えいせいつうしん

satellite communication
117.

しょうせい

bead or front sight of a firearm
118.

くもひとで

brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea), brittlestar, Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)
119.

めいおうせい

Pluto (dwarf planet)
120.
プレヤデス
プレヤデスせいだん

Pleiades cluster
121.

こくしょくわいせい

black dwarf (star)
122.

せいそう

years, time
123.

なんとろくせい

Milk Dipper, southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
124.
とろき
とろきぼし

Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
125.

せいかんぶっしつ

interstellar matter
126.

わいせい

dwarf star
127.

えいせいでんわ

satellite phone
128.

じょうほうしゅうしゅうえいせい

information-gathering satellite
129.

なかごぼし

Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
130.
けの
あけのみょうじょう

Venus in the eastern morning sky
131.
ペルセウス
ペルセウスざりゅうせいぐん

Perseids
132.

せいしん

celestial bodies, stars
133.

にじゅうやほしてんとう

28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
134.
なまめ
ななめぼし

Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
135.

せいきたい

astral body
136.

わいわくせい

dwarf planet (e.g. Pluto)
137.

えいせいとし

satellite town or city
138.

しょくじょせい

Vega
139.

ちゅうせいしせい

a neutron star
140.

あんこくせいうん

dark nebula
141.

たまほめぼし

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), "day of the ghost"
142.

せいだん

star cluster
143.

にじゅうせい

double star
144.
ぬりこ
ぬりこぼし

Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
145.

きんせい

Venus (planet)
146.

ほうきぼし

comet
147.

えいせいほうそう

satellite broadcasting
148.

しょくれんせい

eclipsing variable
149.

ちりこぼし

Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
150.

あみぼし

Chinese "Neck" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
151.

いせいじん

alien (from another planet)
152.

たまおのほし

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), "day of the ghost"
153.

せいと

star
154.

にばんぼし

second star of the evening
155.
はつい
はついぼし

Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
156.

ほしくず

stardust
157.

きらぼし

glittering stars
158.

きぼしまるとびむし

garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
159.

ちょうきょせい

super-giant star
160.

ひとつぼし

evening star, morning star
161.

さいせい

Jupiter
162.

せいひょう

star catalog, star catalogue
163.

じつげつせいしん

the sun, the moon and the stars, the heavenly bodies
164.
ほうき
ほうきぼし

comet
165.

きゅうせい

astrology, horoscope
166.

ほしがた

star shape, pentagram
167.

たすきぼし

Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
168.

かがくかんそくえいせい

scientific research satellite
169.

ちょうしんせい

supernova
170.

めぼし

objective
171.

いっとうせい

first-magnitude star
172.

さんとうせい

third magnitude star
173.

ほしむくどり

common starling, European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
174.

にちげつせいしん

the sun, the moon and the stars, the heavenly bodies
175.
みつかけ
みつかけぼし

Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
176.

きゅうせいか

astrology, star reader
177.

ほしづき

star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
178.

いんせい

meteor, falling star
179.

ずぼし

bull''s-eye, mark
180.
けの
よあけのみょうじょう

morning star
181.

いちばんぼし

the first star to appear in the evening
182.

さんこうせいうん

diffuse nebula
183.
かり
ほしあかり

starlight
184.
わい
はくしょくわいせい

white dwarf (star)
185.
わい
わいせい

dwarf star
186.

きゅうせいじゅつ

astrology, horoscopy
187.

ほしづきよ

starry night
188.

かせいじん

Martian
189.
たる
ずぼしにあたる

to hit the bull''s-eye
190.

ていさつえいせい

reconnaissance satellite, spy satellite
191.

ゆうせい

wandering star, planet
192.

いなみぼし

Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
193.

ななつぼし

the big dipper, family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles), Japanese pilchard, Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)
194.

せいや

starry night, starlight night
195.

はくしょくわいせい

white dwarf (star)
196.
オリオン
オリオンせいうん

Orion Nebula
197.

ぐんじえいせい

military satellite
198.

ほしづくよ

starry night
199.

かせいねん

Martian year
200.

ずぼしをさす

to hit the nail on the head, to guess exactly right

Kuten Code: 3217
EUC Code: c0b1
Shift-JIS Code: 90af
JIS Code: 4031
Unicode: 661f
Radical Index: 72
Frequency Rank: 844
Jouyou Grade: 2
DeRoo Code: 3872
Four Corner code: 6010.4
"New Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2435
"Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2121
"New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary" Index: 2452
"Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide" Index: 973
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd Edition" Index: 171
"Kanji in Context" Index: 463
"Kanji Learners Dictionary" Index: 1577
"Essential Kanji" Index: 838
"A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" Index: 264
"Tuttle Kanji Cards" Index: 181
"The Kanji Dictionary" Index Code: 4c5.7
"Kanji & Kana 2nd Edition" Index: 730
Morohashi Index: 13837
Morohashi Volume.Page: 5.796
Gakken Index: 154
"Remembering The Kanji" Index: 877
"Japanese Names" Index: 1556
Korean Reading: seong
Pinyin: xing1
Cross Reference code: J14E45

Radical Index : : 星

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