星: Star; Spot; DotKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (セイ・ショウ)

• 衛星えいせい(natural) satellite; moon
• 通信衛星つうしんえいせいcommunication satellite; Broadcast Satellite
• 惑星わくせいplanet
• 木星もくせいJupiter (planet)
• 火星かせいMars (planet)
• 人工衛星じんこうえいせいartificial satellite; man-made satellite
• 新星しんせいnova
• 小惑星しょうわくせいasteroid
• 星座せいざconstellation
• 占星術せんせいじゅつastrology
• 土星どせいSaturn (planet)
• 天王星てんのうせいUranus (planet)
• 巨星きょせいgiant star
• 彗星すいせいcomet
• 恒星こうせい(fixed) star (i.e. not a planet, meteorite, etc.)
• 明星みょうじょうmorning star; Venus
• 星団せいだんstar cluster
• 星条旗せいじょうきStars and Stripes (US flag)
• 星雲せいうんnebula
• 暁星ぎょうせいmorning star; Venus
• 水星すいせいMercury (planet)
• 流星りゅうせいmeteor; falling star
• 海王星かいおうせいNeptune (planet)
• おっぱい星人おっぱいせいじんman overly interested in women's breasts
• かに星雲かにせいうんCrab Nebula
• すい星すいせいcomet
• わい星わいせいdwarf star
• オリオン星雲オリオンせいうんOrion Nebula
• カントラプラスの星雲説カントラプラスのせいうんせつKant-Laplace nebular hypothesis
• ガス状惑星ガスじょうわくせいgas giant (e.g. Jupiter, Saturn); gas planet
• ガス状星雲ガスじょうせいうんgaseous nebula
• ガリレイ衛星ガリレイえいせいGalilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites
• キラー衛星キラーえいせいkiller satellite
• ケフェイド変光星ケフェイドへんこうせいCepheid variable
• ケフェウス型変光星ケフェウスがたへんこうせいCepheid variable

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 星ほしstar (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth)
• 白星しろぼしwhite circle; white star
• 勝ち星かちぼし(mark indicating) a win
• 黒星くろぼしblack spot; black dot
• 金星きんぼしdazzling victory
• 星空ほしぞらstarry sky
• 星占いほしうらないastrology; horoscope
• 流れ星ながれぼしshooting star; falling star
• うるき星うるきぼしChinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• お星様おほしさまstar
• たたら星たたらぼしChinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• ちちり星ちちりぼしChinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• ちりこ星ちりこぼしChinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• とみて星とみてぼしChinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• とも星ともぼしChinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• とろき星とろきぼしChinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• なまめ星なまめぼしChinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• ぬりこ星ぬりこぼしChinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• はつい星はついぼしChinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• ほうき星ほうきぼしcomet
• みつかけ星みつかけぼしChinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Other readings

• ほとおり星せいしゅくconstellation
• オッパイ星人おっぱいせいじんman overly interested in women's breasts
• カニ星雲かにせいうんCrab Nebula
• ガリレオ衛星ガリレイえいせいGalilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites

Showing the 60 most common of 454 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 星

• 衛
• 惑
• 天
• 雲
• 恒
• 間
• 状
• 型
• 系
• 座
• 明