星
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲) Originally 曐. The upper part 晶 is the semantic, and is shaped like twinkling stars. The lower part 生 is the phonetic.
Or, 晶 is the sound. (?)
[edit] Han character
星 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹手一 (AHQM), four-corner 60104, composition ⿱日生)
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 492, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13837
- Dae Jaweon: page 855, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1500, character 12
- Unihan data for U+661F
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
星 (jyutping sing1, Yale sing1)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
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[edit] Proper noun
- Hoshi (a surname)
[edit] See also
- 星雲 (せいうん, seiun): (astronomy) nebula
- 星団 (せいだん, seidan): (astronomy) cluster
- 巨星 (きょせい, kyosei): (astronomy) giant
- 恒星 (こうせい, kōsei): (astronomy) star
- 連星 (れんせい, rensei): (astronomy) binary star
- 遊星 (ゆうせい, yūsei): (archaic) planet
- 惑星 (わくせい, wakusei): (astronomy) planet
- 矮星 (わいせい, waisei): (astronomy) dwarf
- 星体 (せいたい, seitai): (astronomy) star body
- 星座 (せいざ, seiza): (astronomy) constellation
- 流星 (りゅうせい, ryūsei): (astronomy) meteor
- 彗星 (すいせい, suisei): (astronomy) comet
[edit] Kanji
星 (grade 2 kanji)
[edit] Readings
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
星
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 성 (revised: seong, McCune-Reischauer: sŏng, Yale: seng)
- Name (hangeul): 별 (revised: byeol, McCune-Reischauer: byŏl)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
星 (pinyin xīng (xing1), Wade-Giles hsing1)
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Vietnamese
[edit] Han character
星 (tinh)
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