Linked by meaning
Astra 星
xīng
Astra and 星 both mean star.
The English name
- Meaning
- Modern coinage from Greek aster or Latin astrum, 'star'LikelyIn Latvian it may instead come from the word for the aster flower.
- Origin
- Modern coinage, from Greek or Latin
The Chinese character
- Meaning
- star
- Source
- Unicode Unihan
Sources
Inspired by Chinese naming. The two are linked by what they mean, never by sound or letters.