Chinese Character 星 Meanings and components.

Form

星

Meaning

星 meaning[3] in English

Star.

Heavenly Body.

Satellite.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 星 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for 日本[Ri4 … (日) , and to be born (生)

Its radical[1] is: 日 (ri4) which means: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan, .日ri4abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with AHQM

How to write 星

To write星xing1star you should write a combination of 日ri4abbr. for … , 生sheng1to be … arranged in a 吕 shape:

日 + 生 = 星

星 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 星 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 星, looks as follow:

星
Pinyin:xing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Star . Heavenly Body . Satellite . Small Amount
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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