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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 星 U+661F |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 曐 Semantic variant | 皨 Semantic variant | 𠻖 Semantic variant | 𤽛 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 日+ 5 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.195#4 Kangxi: p.492#21 Cihai: p.635r1c08 GSR: 812.x Hanyu: v2,p1500#12 |
| Composition: | Top: 日, bottom: 生. Compositionally related: 甠 . Component of: 𬾰 𬀶 𬴄 𭈻 𭡦 惺 𡟙 湦 猩 腥 𠬋 煋 𪻹 𭦷 戥 暒 𣨾 𣮶 瑆 𮂇 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xīng ㄒㄧㄥ |
| Cantonese: | seng1 sing1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *seng |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·下平声·靑·星》星：星宿。《说文》曰：万物之精上爲列星。《淮南子》云：日月之淫气精者爲星辰也，又姓羊氏家传曰南阳太守羊续娶济北星重女。桑经切，十二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·五》星：〔古文〕𠻖曐𤽛皨《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》桑经切《正韵》先靑切，𠀤音腥。《说文》万物之精，上爲列星。从晶生声。一曰象形。从口。古口复注中，故与日同。《释名》星，散也，列位布散也。《书·尧典》历象日月星辰。《传》星，四方中星。又《洪范》五纪，四曰星辰。《传》二十八宿迭见，以叙节气。《又》庶民惟星，星有好风，星有好雨。《传》星，民象，箕星好风，毕星好雨。《史记·天官书》星者，金之散气。《注》五星五行之精，衆星列布，体生于地，精成于天，列居错行，各有所属。在野象物，在朝象官，在人象事。《前汉·天文志》经星常宿中外官，凡百七十八名，积数七百八十三星，皆有州国官宫物类之象。《淮南子·天文训》日月之淫气精者爲星辰。又星星，犹点点也。《谢灵运诗》星星白发垂。又草名。戴星、文星、流星，皆谷精草别名。《本草纲目》此草生谷田中，茎头小白花，点点如乱星。又姓。《广韵》《羊氏家传》曰：南阳太守羊续，娶济北星重女。 |
| Fanqie: | 桑经 (《广韵·下平声·靑·星》) |
| Unihan definition: | a star, planet; any point of light |
Example usage
| 《论语·为政》: | 子曰：“为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所而众星共之。” |
| The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." | |
| 《孟子·离娄下》: | 天之高也，星辰之远也，苟求其故，千岁之日至，可坐而致也。 |
| There is heaven so high; there are the stars so distant. If we have investigated their phenomena, we may, while sitting in our places, go back to the solstice of a thousand years ago. | |
| 《礼记·奔丧》: | 唯父母之丧，见星而行，见星而舍。 |
| Only when the rites were those for a father or a mother did he travel while he could yet see the stars, and rested when he (again) saw them. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“视日月而知众星之蔑也，仰圣人而知众说之小也。” |
| Yangzi said: Looking at the sun and moon, one knows the faintness of the multitude of stars. Gazing upon the sage one knows the pettiness of the multitude of other doctrines. | |
| 《墨子·天志中》: | 且吾所以知天之爱民之厚者有矣，曰以磨为日月星辰，以昭道之。 |
| Moreover I know Heaven loves men dearly not without reason. Heaven ordered the sun, the moon, and the stars to enlighten and guide them. | |
| 《庄子·天道》: | 则天地固有常矣，日月固有明矣，星辰固有列矣，禽兽固有群矣，树木固有立矣。 |
| Think of Heaven and Earth, which certainly pursue their invariable course; think of the sun and moon, which surely maintain their brightness; think of the stars in the zodiac, which preserve their order and courses; think of birds and beasts, which do not fail to collect together in their flocks and herds; and think of the trees, which do not fail to stand up (in their places). | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 时播百谷草木，淳化鸟兽虫蛾，旁罗日月星辰水波土石金玉，劳勤心力耳目，节用水火材物。 |
| The planting of the crops, plants, and trees in their seasons, and the transformations of birds, beasts, insects, and moths. He also prepared a record of the movements of the sun, moon, and stars; the flow of the tides; and the properties of clay, stones, metals, and gems. He devoted much careful attention to these things, and his observation was applied to ascertaining how fire, water, wood, and other elements could be used economically. | |
| 《荀子·赋》: | 列星殒坠，旦暮晦盲。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 晏子曰：“骞，昔吾见维星绝，枢星散，地其动。” |
| 《春秋繁露·玉英》: | 是故星坠谓之陨，螽附谓之雨，其所发之处不同，或降于天，或发于地，其辞不可同也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 星坠木鸣，国人皆恐，何也？ |
| 《大戴礼记·礼三本》: | 天地以合，四海以洽，日月以明，星辰以行，江河以流，万物以倡，好恶以节，喜怒以当，以为下则顺，以为上则明，万变不乱，贷之则丧。 |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 鼗者，震之气也，上应卯星以通王道，故谓之鼗也。 |
| 《新书·兵车之容》: | 古之为路舆也，盖圜以象天，二十八橑以象列星，轸方以象地，三十辐以象月。 |
| 《新序·杂事四》: | 子韦还走，北而再拜曰：“臣敢贺君，天之处高而听卑，君有仁之言三，天必三赏君，今夕星必徙三会，君延寿二十一岁。” |
| 《中论·谴交》: | 星言夙驾，送往迎来，亭传常满，吏卒传问，炬火夜行，阍寺不闭，把臂捩腕，扣天矢誓。 |
| 《孔子家语·五帝德》: | 考日月星辰，劳耳目，勤心力，用水火财物以生民。 |
| 《潜夫论·述赦》: | 或若休咎庶徵，月之从星，此乃宜有是事。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 国命系于众星，列宿吉凶，国有祸福。 |
| 《太玄经·瞢》: | 次八，昏辰利于月，小贞未及星。 |
| 《风俗通义》: | 其夜有光如流星，昼有白云起封中 |
| 《孔丛子·论书》: | 子夏对曰：“《书》之论事也，昭昭然若日月之代明，离离然若星辰之错行。” |
| 《新语·道基》: | 故曰：张日月，列星辰，序四时，调阴阳，布气治性，次置五行，春生夏长，秋收冬藏，阳生雷电，阴成雪霜，养育群生，一茂一亡，润之以风雨，曝之以日光，温之以节气，降之以殒霜，位之以众星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，罗之以纪纲，改之以灾变，告之以祯祥，动之以生杀，悟之以文章。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 天子后立六宫之别名：三夫人、帝喾有四妃以象后妃四星，其一明者为正妃，三者为次妃也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 天子十二旒，三公九，诸侯卿七，其缨与组各如其绶之色，衣玄上纁下，日月星辰，山龙华虫，祠宗庙则长冠袀玄。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 其人曰：“天果积气，日月星宿不当坠邪？” |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 彼天地之以无极者，以守度量，而不可滥，日不逾辰，月宿其列，当名服事，星守弗去，弦望晦朔，终始相巡，逾年累岁，用不缦缦，此天之所柄以临斗者也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 山以之高，渊以之深，兽以之走，鸟以之飞，麟以之游，凤以之翔，星历以之行。 |
| 《文始真经·四符》: | 有以仁升者，为木星佐。 |
| 《列仙传·东方朔》: | 智者疑其岁星精也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 大道之世，仁义没，孝慈灭，犹日中盛明，众星失光。 |
| 《韩非子·饰邪》: | 初时者魏数年东乡攻尽陶、卫，数年西乡以失其国，此非丰隆、五行、太一、王相、摄提、六神、五括、天河、殷抢、岁星非数年在西也，又非天缺、弧逆、刑星、荧惑、奎台非数年在东也。 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 天子东出其国，九十二里而坛，朝诸侯卿大夫列士，循于百姓，号曰祭星。 |
| 《六韬·王翼》: | 天文三人：主司星历，候风气，推时日，考符验，校灾异，知人心去就之机。 |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 乃告于皇天上帝，日月星辰，祷于后土四海神祇，山川冢社，乃造于先王。 |
| 《尉缭子·天官》: | 楚将公子心与齐人战，时有彗星出，柄在齐。 |
| 《孙子算经·序》: | 星辰之建号，三光之表裹。 |
| 《周髀算经·卷上》: | 知日之高大，光之所照，一日所行，远近之数，人所望见，四极之穷，列星之宿，天地之广袤，夫子之道皆能知之。 |
| 《淮南子·主术训》: | 君人之道，其犹零星之尸也，俨然玄默，而吉祥受福。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·察贤》: | 巫马期以星出，以星入，日夜不居，以身亲之，而单父亦治。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 夏，四月，辛卯，夜，恒星不见，夜中，星陨如雨。 |
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