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星 = 日 + 生
星 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “a star”. It is built from 日 (sun) and 生 (life). It appears as a component in 14 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- a star
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- xīng
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- a star, planet, звезда, планета, planet
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 星 star
Decomposition
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Characters that contain 星
- 惺 intelligent
- 戥 a small steelyard for weighing money
- 暒 暒
- 湦 湦
- 煋 煋
- 猩 species of orangutan
- 瑆 瑆
- 睲 睲
- 篂 篂
- 腥 raw meat
- 謃 謃
- 醒 wake up
- 鍟 (cant.) rust
- 鯹 鯹
How to find 星 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sun” + “life”. 星 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 星 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.