星 xīng star
Made up of [日 rì sun; day radical 72, 生 shēng produce; bear radical 100]Made with 9 strokes.
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Also uses 日 rì component: 白 bái (bright) 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Also uses 生 shēng component: 胜 shèng (victory) 姓 xìng (surname)
Sounds same
兴 xīng (prosper)Different tone
行 xíng (permitted) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 幸 xìng (fortunate)Pronunciation
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Proverbs
星星之火可以燎原 xīng xīng zhī huǒ kě yǐ liáo yuán Need for great care and meticulous planningPhrases
一 个 星 期 yī gè xīng qī One week下 个 星 期 xià gè xīng qī Next week
上 个 星 期 shàng gè xīng qī Last week
星 期 xīng qī Weekday