星
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
星 (radical 72 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 日竹手一 (AHQM), four-corner 60104, composition ⿱日生)
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 492, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13837
- Dae Jaweon: page 855, character 22
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1500, character 12
- Unihan data for U+661F
Chinese[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
星 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin[edit]
Originally 曐 (OC *sleːŋ), which is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sleːŋ): semantic 晶 (“twinkling stars”) + phonetic 生 (OC *sʰleːŋ, *sreŋs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sên
- Min Dong (BUC): sĭng
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): xin (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: hsing1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shing
- IPA (key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥㄦ
- Wade-Giles: hsingrh1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiengl
- IPA (key): /ɕjɤ̃ɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sing1, seng1
- Yale: sīng, sēng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing1, seng1
- IPA (key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵/, /sɛːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lhen1
- IPA (key): /ɬen³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sên
- Hakka Romanization System: sen´
- Hagfa Pinyim: sen1
- IPA: /sen²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sĭng
- IPA (key): /siŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshinn
- Phofsit Daibuun: chvy
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seng
- Tâi-lô: sing
- Phofsit Daibuun: sefng
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ
- Tâi-lô: tshenn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zhvef
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
- Note: chhiⁿ/chheⁿ - vernacular; seng - literary.
- (Teochew)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xin (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕɪɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
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Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 星 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕiŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /siŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /siŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ɕiə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕĩn³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕĩ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /sin³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕin²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕi¹¹/ ～宿 /ɕiəŋ¹¹/ 五～ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiŋ¹³/ /sei¹³/ 掃帚～ |
|
| Hohhot | /ɕĩŋ³¹/ 星～ /ɕi³¹/ 河～～ |
|
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /sin⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɕin³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /seŋ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /siʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /sɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /din³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /sian³³/ /sin³³/ |
|
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɑŋ⁴²/ /ɕin⁴²/ ～子縣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sen⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /sen²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /seŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /ɬɛŋ⁵⁵/ /ɬeŋ⁵⁵/ |
|
| Hong Kong | /siŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /siŋ⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /siŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /saiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /t͡sʰẽ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /seŋ²³/ /sɛ²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 星 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 桑經切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/seŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/seŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/sɛŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/sɛjŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/seŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/sieŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/sieŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xīng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 星 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xīng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ seng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*s-tsʰˤeŋ/ |
| English | star |
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
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| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 星 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11371 |
| Phonetic component |
生 |
| Rime group |
耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
星 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sleːŋ/ |
| Notes | 説文曐或體 |
Definitions[edit]
星
- star; planet; heavenly body
- star-shaped object
- star; celebrity
- 明星 ― míngxīng ― bright star; celebrity
- weight marks on a steelyard
- a bit; a tiny bit
- tiny; minute
- whitish; white
- numerous and scattered everywhere; countless
- rapid; flying
- A surname.
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 星
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
星
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
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Etymology[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 星 |
| ほし Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
/posi/ → /fosi/ → /hoɕi/
From Old Japanese. Possible cognates include Korean 별 (byeol, “star”) and Manchu ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (usiha, “star”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
星 (hiragana ほし, romaji hoshi)
- star
- 数え切れないくらいたくさんの星が輝いている
- kazoekirenai kurai takusan no hoshi ga kagayaiteiru
- an endless number of stars are shining
- 数え切れないくらいたくさんの星が輝いている
- (tarot): the Star: the seventeenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional tarot decks
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Coordinate terms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
星 (hiragana ほし, romaji Hoshi)
- A surname.
References[edit]
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
- Sound (hangeul): 성 (revised: seong, McCune-Reischauer: sŏng, Yale: seng)
- Name (hangeul): 별 (revised: byeol, McCune-Reischauer: byŏl)
compounds[edit]
- 행성 (haengseong)(行星) planet
- 혜성 (hyeseong)(彗星) comet
- 유성 (yuseong)(流星) meteor
- 유성우 (yuseong-u)(流星雨) meteor shower
- 위성 (wiseong)(衛星) satellite
- 인공위성 (in-gong-wiseong)(人工衛星) artificial satellite
- 수성 (suseong)(水星) Mercury
- 금성 (geumseong)(金星) Venus
- 화성 (hwaseong)(火星) Mars
- 목성 (mokseong)(木星) Jupiter
- 토성 (toseong)(土星) Saturn
- 천왕성 (cheonwangseong)(天王星) Uranus
- 해왕성 (haewangseong)(海王星) Neptune
- 명왕성 (myeong-wangseong)(冥王星) Pluto
- 성학 (seonghak)(星學)=천문학 (cheonmunhak)(天文學) astronomy
- 성조기 (seongjogi)(星條旗) the American flag
- 오성홍기 (oseonghonggi)(五星紅旗) the Chinese flag
- 금성홍기 (geumseonghonggi)(金星紅旗) the Vietnamese flag
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
星 (tinh)
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