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common

セイ/SEI/    ショウ/SHŌ/    ほし/hoshi/    -ぼし/-boshi/SEI/セイ/    SHOU/ショウ/    hoshi/ほし/    -boshi/-ぼし/

star;  spot;  dot;  mark

Radical: 日 (sun).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 生日.   Variants: 皨.   Pinyin: xīng.   Hangul: 성 [seong].

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N2.

Example compounds:
セイSEI星団【せいだんseidan】star cluster
巨星【きょせいkyosei】giant star; great man
暁星【ぎょうせいgyōsei】morning star; Venus; rarity
ショウSHŌ天南星【てんなんしょうtennanshō】jack-in-the-pulpit; cobra lily (plant of genus Arisaema)
ほしhoshi星占い【ほしうらないhoshiuranai】astrology; horoscope
星空【ほしぞらhoshizora】starry sky
星【ほしhoshi】star; suspect (police slang)
Codepoints and classification codes:
661f–Unicode
32-17–JIS X 0208
2-4-5–SKIP
4c5.7–TKD
6010.4–Four Corner
3872–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2121–Classic Nelson
2452–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
2435–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1577–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1556–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
877–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
946–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
838–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13837–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 796
154–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
730–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
264–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
599–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
171–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
181–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
463–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
973–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1570–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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