かい
魁
せい
星

noun

  1. first star of the Big Dipper.
  2. top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China). Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
かい
魁
せい
星
 魁星 かいせい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

charging ahead of others
さきがけ　カイ　かしら (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
ghost, devil
おに　キ (Early Jr. High, N1)
head or face of a ghost, spirit, or demon
フツ　フチ　ヒ
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
ト　ます　トウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
star, spot, dot
ほし　セイ　ショウ (2nd, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　ニチ　にっ (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)