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星

xīng

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

xīng · sing1 (Jyutping)

  1. star
  2. heavenly body
  3. satellite
  4. small amount

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

星

Meaning
a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
Radical
日
Strokes
9
Components
⿱日生
Cangjie
AHQM
Four-corner
6010.4

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