星

xīng

star

heavenly body; satellite; small amount

Sun (日) + growth (生) = a glowing body in the sky

日 anchors the meaning in the realm of celestial light. 生 mainly provides the sound xīng; the sun radical carries the idea of a luminous body in the sky.

日+生→星
日The sunSemantic
生LifePhonetic

他是一位很有名的歌星。

tā shì yī wèi hěn yǒu míng de gē xīng。

He is a very famous singing star.

这部电影的影星年纪很小。

zhè bù diàn yǐng de yǐng xīng nián jì hěn xiǎo。

The film star in this movie is very young.

Words with 星

救星

jiù xīng

savior; liberator; emancipator; knight in shining armor

陨星

yǔn xīng

meteorite

星际争霸

xīng jì zhēng bà

StarCraft (video game series)

脉冲星

mài chōng xīng

pulsar (astronomy)

彗星

huì xīng

comet

卫星电视

wèi xīng diàn shì

satellite TV

小行星

xiǎo xíng xīng

asteroid

北斗七星

běi dǒu qī xīng

(astronomy) Big Dipper

星座

xīng zuò

constellation

流星

liú xīng

meteor; shooting star

星相

xīng xiàng

astrology and physiognomy

星罗棋布

xīng luó qí bù

scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place

More characters with 日

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