What is the Kanji for "Star"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Star", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Star" is "星".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Hoshi".

Its onyomi readings are "Shou" and "Sei".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "日" means "Day" and "Sun" and can be read as "Jitsu", "Nichi", "Hi", and "Ka". And The kanji "生" means "Life" and can be read as "Nama", "U", "Shou", "Sei", and "I".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "星" mean in japanese?

"星" means "Star".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Second Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

星: "Star". The Japanese noun '星 (ほし)' refers to a celestial body in the night sky, visible as a luminous point. Stars are large, distant objects that emit their own light. They are the components that make up the cosmos and constellations. For example: The night sky is full of stars - (空には星がたくさん見えます). I wish upon a star - (星に願いをかける)

衛星: "Satellite". The Japanese noun '衛星 (えいせい)' means 'satellite'. A satellite is an artificial object that is launched into orbit around a planet or other celestial body to collect information or provide a specific service. Satellites are used for various purposes such as communication, navigation, weather monitoring, and scientific research. For example: The new satellite was successfully launched into orbit - (新しい衛星が軌道に無事打ち上げられた). The Earth has many artificial satellites orbiting it - (地球には多くの人工衛星が回っている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "し" is read as "shi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". And The hiragana "ほ" is read as "ho".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.