星々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	星
ほし Grade: 2	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

星星

Etymology

Reduplication of 星 to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

星(ほし)々(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi)

plural of 星 (hoshi): stars

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