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Mythic Mandarin

星 (xīng): meaning and stroke order

星 (xīng) means star, heavenly body, satellite, small amount.

星

Simplified
星
Traditional
星 (same form)
Pinyin
xīng

Stroke order of 星

星

  • xīng star; heavenly body
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 星

  1. xīng
    • star
    • heavenly body
    • satellite
    • small amount

Radical and structure

星
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 9 strokes · 日 on top, 生 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 星

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).