Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
consort, accompany, bring with, companion
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
886 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伴侶 【ハンリョ】 companion, partner, spouse
  • 伴性遺伝 【ハンセイイデン】 sex-linked inheritance
  • 随伴 【ズイハン】 attendance, accompanying, following, adjoint
  • 朴伴 【ボクハン】 Camellia japonica 'Bokuhan' (cultivar of common camellia)
  • 伴奏 【バンソウ】 (musical) accompaniment
  • 伴走 【バンソウ】 running alongside, pacesetting, accompanying
  • 相伴 【ショウバン】 partaking, participating, taking part in, sharing (something with someone)
  • お相伴 【オショウバン】 sharing a meal

Kun reading compounds

  • 伴う 【ともなう】 to accompany, to go hand in hand with, to be consequent upon, to be accompanied by, to bring with, to take with, to be involved in

Readings

Japanese names:
とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • seguidor
  • acompañante
  • seguir
  • acompañar

Portuguese

  • consorte
  • acompanhar
  • trazer com
  • companheiro

French

  • être accompagné
  • amener avec soi
  • compagnon
  • époux / épouse
1712 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
396 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1433 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1042 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
361 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1027 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1066 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1423 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
84 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
68 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
41 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
44 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1211 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
475X Morohashi
60 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
157 New Nelson (John Haig)
1203 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1287 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1098 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2925.0 Four corner code
1-40-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f34 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
star, spot, dot, mark
Kun:
ほし-ぼし
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
  • 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
  • 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
  • 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
  • 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
  • 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

Kun reading compounds

  • 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
  • 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
  • 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
  • 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • estrella
  • punto pequeño
  • resultado de un juego

Portuguese

  • estrela
  • ponto
  • marca

French

  • étoile
  • point
  • marque
264 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
171 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
154 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
877 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
599 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
946 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
730 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
463 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
973 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1570 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13837 Morohashi
2435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2452 New Nelson (John Haig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-32-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
661f Unicode hex code