Memory phrase for the character: 星

星

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Meaning

star, planet

Pronunciation

xīng

Explanation

 Top: sun 日, bottom: live 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)

Mnemonic
 
(Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars.

Radicals

星 starThe living 生 suns 日 are the stars.
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
生 life




 Vocabulary

星期 xīng qī  week; day of the week; Sunday
哈雷彗星 Hā léi huì xīng  Halley's comet
彗星 huì xīng  comet
侃星 kǎn xīng  chatterbox; boaster
陨星 yǔn xīng  meteorite; falling star
冥王星 Míng wáng xīng  Pluto (dwarf planet)
星流霆击 xīng liú tíng jī  meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development; portentous signs
玫瑰星云 méi guī xīng yún  Rosette nebula NGC 2237
鹰状星云 Yīng zhuàng xīng yún  Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
行星 xíng xīng  planet
卫星 wèi xīng  (space) satellite
卫星 wèi xīng  

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