単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,149 most used

星

ほし0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

star; planet

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

No stars are to be seen in the daytime.

from Tatoeba

IN OTHER SENTENCES

There were several stars to be seen in the sky.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

MEANINGS

1

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body

noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk

noun

3

star (actor, player, etc.)

noun

4

dot; spot; fleck

noun

5

bullseye

noun

6

perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect

noun

7

one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune

noun

8

point; score

noun

9

star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi

noun

10

(pyrotechnic) star

noun

SOUNDS THE SAME

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,149 most used

Written星 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium