Entry
  1. Noun

    constellation

    Astronomy

  2. mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions)

    AstronomyArchaicsee 二十八宿

  3. Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

    Astronomysee see せい・1

Also written ほとおり星【ほとおりぼし】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

star, spot, dot, mark

Kun
ほし-ぼし
On
セイショウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
844 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-4-5SKIP code
4c5.7The Kanji Dictionary
6010.4Four corner code
3872deroo
661fUnicode hex code
1-32-17JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2121Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2452New Nelson (John Haig)
2435New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3089Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1556Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1676Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
877A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
946Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
838Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13837Morohashi
154A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
730Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264sakade
599Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
171henshall3
181Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
463Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
973Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1570Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xing1Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
宿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling

Kun
やどやど.るやど.す
On
シュク
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
701 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

すくぶすきやけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-8SKIP code
3m8.3The Kanji Dictionary
3026.1Four corner code
778deroo
5bbfUnicode hex code
1-29-41JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1317Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1344New Nelson (John Haig)
2293New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2858Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1475Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1985Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
995Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1070Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
406A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1438Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
549Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7195Morohashi
505A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
179Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
634sakade
470Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
327henshall3
374Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
326Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.10busy_people
488Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1004Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
su4, xiu3, xiu4Pinyin reading
sug, suKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level