星 — star

Grade 2 kanji · 9 strokes · on'yomi sei · kun'yomi hoshi.

Sun (日) over life/birth (生) — a star is a sun being born in the sky.

Example words

• 星 — hoshi — star
• 星座 — seiza — constellation

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