星 (xīng)

Star; planet.

How 星 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
日 — sun/day
Traditional
星
Simplified
星 (unchanged)

Common words using 星

三星 sānxīng
Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan; Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
明星 míngxīng
star; celebrity
星座 xīngzuò
constellation; CL:張|张[zhang1]
星期 xīngqī
week; CL:個|个[ge4]; day of the week
五星 wǔxīng
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星級 wǔxīngjí
five-star (hotel)
剋星 kèxīng
nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched
壽星 shòuxīng
god of longevity
外星人 wàixīngrén
space alien; extra-terrestrial
女星 nǚxīng
female star; famous actress
巨星 jùxīng
giant star; superstar
新星 xīnxīng
nova (astronomy)

星 in a sentence

今晚天上的星星好多喔!

Jīnwǎn tiānshàng de xīngxing hǎo duō ō!

“There are so many stars in the sky tonight!”

How common is 星?

星 is the 537th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 77.3% of all running text.

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