Why use the kanji compound 惑星 for ほし?


The title of a manga I'm slowly working through is 惑星のさみだれ, but there is
furigana above the two kanji that says ほし (star) instead. Why did it use both
kanji, which seems to be normally read as わくせい (planet) when it could have
used just 星 on it's own?




Japanese often refer to planets as ほし as well when they're being informal, the
manga is just specifying that it's a planet and not actually a star.

I guess you could say it's a stylistic choice.




Japanese often refer to planets as ほし as well when they're being informal, the
manga is just specifying that it's a planet and not actually a star.

I guess you could say it's a stylistic choice.

