IDENTITY
星xīngstar; planet
HSK 2Top 350
CORE MEANING
star; planet
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.starHSK2
- 2.week (in 星期)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 日sun radical (rì)
- strokes
- 9
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱日生
- the sun; bright dot
- gives the sound xīng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
星期xīngqīweek
星星xīngxingstars
明星míngxīngcelebrity
Graded examples
今晚星星很多。Jīnwǎn xīngxing hěn duō.HSK2
There are many stars tonight.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 姓
LEARNING
Memory aid
Bright dots (日) born (生) in the night sky — stars.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #350
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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