| Chinese Text Project |
| 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 𭈻 𭡦 𡟙 惺 湦 猩 𬴄 煋 𪻹 𭦷 戥 暒 𣨾 𣮶 𮂇 瑆 腥 𠬋 [More] |
| Mandarin: | xīng ㄒㄧㄥ |
| Cantonese: | seng1 sing1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *seng |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·下平聲·靑·星》星：星宿。《說文》曰：萬物之精上爲列星。《淮南子》云：日月之淫氣精者爲星辰也，又姓羊氏家傳曰南陽太守羊續娶濟北星重女。桑經切，十二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·五》星：〔古文〕𠻖曐𤽛皨《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》桑經切《正韻》先靑切，𠀤音腥。《說文》萬物之精，上爲列星。从晶生聲。一曰象形。从口。古口復注中，故與日同。《釋名》星，散也，列位布散也。《書·堯典》曆象日月星辰。《傳》星，四方中星。又《洪範》五紀，四曰星辰。《傳》二十八宿迭見，以敘節氣。《又》庶民惟星，星有好風，星有好雨。《傳》星，民象，箕星好風，畢星好雨。《史記·天官書》星者，金之散氣。《註》五星五行之精，衆星列布，體生於地，精成於天，列居錯行，各有所屬。在野象物，在朝象官，在人象事。《前漢·天文志》經星常宿中外官，凡百七十八名，積數七百八十三星，皆有州國官宮物類之象。《淮南子·天文訓》日月之淫氣精者爲星辰。又星星，猶點點也。《謝靈運詩》星星白髮垂。又草名。戴星、文星、流星，皆穀精草別名。《本草綱目》此草生穀田中，莖頭小白花，點點如亂星。又姓。《廣韻》《羊氏家傳》曰：南陽太守羊續，娶濟北星重女。 |
| Fanqie: | 桑經 (《廣韻·下平聲·靑·星》) |
| Unihan definition: | a star, planet; any point of light |
Example usage
| 《論語·為政》: | 子曰：「為政以德，譬如北辰，居其所而眾星共之。」 |
| 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·離婁下》: | 天之高也，星辰之遠也，苟求其故，千歲之日至，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. | |
| 《禮記·奔喪》: | 唯父母之喪，見星而行，見星而舍。 |
| 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. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 曰：「視日月而知眾星之蔑也，仰聖人而知眾說之小也。」 |
| 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》: | 且吾所以知天之愛民之厚者有矣，曰以磨為日月星辰，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. | |
| 《莊子·天道》: | 則天地固有常矣，日月固有明矣，星辰固有列矣，禽獸固有群矣，樹木固有立矣。 |
| 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). | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 時播百穀草木，淳化鳥獸蟲蛾，旁羅日月星辰水波土石金玉，勞勤心力耳目，節用水火材物。 |
| 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·賦》: | 列星殞墜，旦暮晦盲。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 晏子曰：「騫，昔吾見維星絕，樞星散，地其動。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉英》: | 是故星墜謂之隕，螽附謂之雨，其所發之處不同，或降於天，或發於地，其辭不可同也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 星墜木鳴，國人皆恐，何也？ |
| 《大戴禮記·禮三本》: | 天地以合，四海以洽，日月以明，星辰以行，江河以流，萬物以倡，好惡以節，喜怒以當，以為下則順，以為上則明，萬變不亂，貸之則喪。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 鞀者，震之氣也，上應卯星以通王道，故謂之鞀也。 |
| 《新書·兵車之容》: | 古之為路輿也，蓋圜以象天，二十八橑以象列星，軫方以象地，三十輻以象月。 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 子韋還走，北而再拜曰：「臣敢賀君，天之處高而聽卑，君有仁之言三，天必三賞君，今夕星必徙三會，君延壽二十一歲。」 |
| 《中論·譴交》: | 星言夙駕，送往迎來，亭傳常滿，吏卒傳問，炬火夜行，閽寺不閉，把臂捩腕，扣天矢誓。 |
| 《孔子家語·五帝德》: | 考日月星辰，勞耳目，勤心力，用水火財物以生民。 |
| 《潛夫論·述赦》: | 或若休咎庶徵，月之從星，此乃宜有是事。 |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 國命繫於眾星，列宿吉凶，國有禍福。 |
| 《太玄經·瞢》: | 次八，昏辰利于月，小貞未及星。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 其夜有光如流星，晝有白雲起封中 |
| 《孔叢子·論書》: | 子夏對曰：「《書》之論事也，昭昭然若日月之代明，離離然若星辰之錯行。」 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故曰：張日月，列星辰，序四時，調陰陽，布氣治性，次置五行，春生夏長，秋收冬藏，陽生雷電，陰成雪霜，養育群生，一茂一亡，潤之以風雨，曝之以日光，溫之以節氣，降之以殞霜，位之以眾星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，羅之以紀綱，改之以災變，告之以禎祥，動之以生殺，悟之以文章。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 天子后立六宮之別名：三夫人、帝嚳有四妃以象后妃四星，其一明者為正妃，三者為次妃也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 天子十二旒，三公九，諸侯卿七，其纓與組各如其綬之色，衣玄上纁下，日月星辰，山龍華蟲，祠宗廟則長冠袀玄。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 其人曰：「天果積氣，日月星宿不當墜邪？」 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 彼天地之以無極者，以守度量，而不可濫，日不踰辰，月宿其列，當名服事，星守弗去，弦望晦朔，終始相巡，踰年累歲，用不縵縵，此天之所柄以臨斗者也。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 山以之高，淵以之深，獸以之走，鳥以之飛，麟以之遊，鳳以之翔，星曆以之行。 |
| 《文始真經·四符》: | 有以仁升者，為木星佐。 |
| 《列仙傳·東方朔》: | 智者疑其歲星精也。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 大道之世，仁義沒，孝慈滅，猶日中盛明，眾星失光。 |
| 《韓非子·飾邪》: | 初時者魏數年東鄉攻盡陶、衛，數年西鄉以失其國，此非豐隆、五行、太一、王相、攝提、六神、五括、天河、殷搶、歲星非數年在西也，又非天缺、弧逆、刑星、熒惑、奎台非數年在東也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 天子東出其國，九十二里而壇，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，號曰祭星。 |
| 《六韜·王翼》: | 天文三人：主司星曆，候風氣，推時日，考符驗，校災異，知人心去就之機。 |
| 《司馬法·仁本》: | 乃告于皇天上帝，日月星辰，禱于后土四海神祇，山川冢社，乃造于先王。 |
| 《尉繚子·天官》: | 楚將公子心與齊人戰，時有彗星出，柄在齊。 |
| 《孫子算經·序》: | 星辰之建號，三光之表裹。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 知日之高大，光之所照，一日所行，遠近之數，人所望見，四極之窮，列星之宿，天地之廣袤，夫子之道皆能知之。 |
| 《淮南子·主術訓》: | 君人之道，其猶零星之尸也，儼然玄默，而吉祥受福。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·察賢》: | 巫馬期以星出，以星入，日夜不居，以身親之，而單父亦治。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 夏，四月，辛卯，夜，恆星不見，夜中，星隕如雨。 |
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