• 537th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 286 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (xing1)star • satellite • small amount

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

三星 
明星 
星座 
星星 
星期 

Uncommon

五星 
五星级 (五星級)
克星 (剋星)
寿星 (壽星)
外星人 
女星 
巨星 
新星 
星光 
星巴克 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
星球 
星空 
星级 (星級)
星辰 
星际 (星際)
木星 
歌星 
流星 
流星雨 
火星 
球星 
男星 
福星 
红星 (紅星)
繁星 
卫星 (衛星)
金星 
零星 

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  • 253rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 225 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi1)a period of time • phase • stage • (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study) • time • term • period • to hope • Taiwan pr. [qi2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (qi2). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (qi1)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

假期 
星期 
期待 
期间 (期間)

Uncommon

佳期 
初期 
到期 
前期 
如期 
学期 (學期)
定期 
后期 (後期)
日期 
早期 
星期一 
星期三 
星期二 
星期五 
星期六 
星期四 
星期天 
星期几 (星期幾)
星期日 
时期 (時期)
更年期 
期望 
期末 
期盼 
期货 (期貨)
期限 
为期 (為期)
无期 (無期)
短期 
近期 
周期 (週期)
过期 (過期)
长期 (長期)
青春期 
预期 (預期)
高峰期 

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  • 478th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 113 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. liù (liu4)six • 6

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

六十 
六月 
十六 
星期六 
周六 (週六)

Uncommon

三十六计 (三十六計)
三姑六婆 
五脏六腑 (五臟六腑)
五颜六色 (五顏六色)
六合彩 
六安 
六月份 
六神无主 (六神無主)
六亲不认 (六親不認)
礼拜六 (禮拜六)
第六感 
马六甲 (馬六甲)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.