Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny
Parts:
how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several
Kun:
いく-いく.ついく.ら
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1725 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 幾何学 【キカガク】 geometry
  • 幾何 【キカ】 geometry
  • 庶幾 【ショキ】 desire, hope
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture

Kun reading compounds

  • 幾つ 【いくつ】 how many, how old
  • 幾つか 【いくつか】 (a) few, some, several
  • 幾ら 【いくら】 how much, something over, and something, -odd, however (much), no matter how
  • 幾らか 【いくらか】 some, (a) little, somewhat, to some extent, in part

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji3, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • cuántos
  • algunos

Portuguese

  • quantos
  • quanto
  • quão longe
  • quanto tempo

French

  • combien
  • quel
  • quelques
1129 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1646 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1496 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
996 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1257 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
877 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
897 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
408 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
580 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4403 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2229 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2999 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1393 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9208 Morohashi
3582 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1601 New Nelson (John Haig)
1381 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1481 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
464 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1526 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2759 2001 Kanji
4n8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-12-4 SKIP code
2245.3 Four corner code
2225.3 Four corner code
1-20-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7e 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

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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

17 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
frost
Kun:
しも
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 霜害 【ソウガイ】 frost damage
  • 霜剣 【ソウケン】 cold sharp sword, blade of ice
  • 星霜 【セイソウ】 years, time
  • 幾星霜 【イクセイソウ】 many months and years

Kun reading compounds

  • 霜 【しも】 frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
  • 霜降り 【しもふり】 speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost
  • 秋霜 【しゅうそう】 autumn frost, fall frost, harshness, strictness, rigour, white hair, grey hair, sharp sword
  • 朝霜 【あさしも】 morning frost

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • escarcha
  • blanco
  • tiempo

Portuguese

  • geada

French

  • gel
  • givre
1529 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1630 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1352 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1892 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2694 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
948 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
978 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1689 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1868 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3491 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
433 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42363 Morohashi
2815 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6542 New Nelson (John Haig)
426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
455 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1888 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3179 2001 Kanji
8d9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-9 SKIP code
1096.1 Four corner code
1096.3 Four corner code
1-33-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
971c Unicode hex code