星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
星期
xīngqī
week
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 其 his, her, its, their 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一个星期有七天。 Yí ge xīngqī yǒu qī tiān. There are seven days in a week.
- 这个星期我很忙。 Zhè ge xīngqī wǒ hěn máng. I'm very busy this week.
- 下个星期我们去北京。 Xià ge xīngqī wǒmen qù Běijīng. We're going to Beijing next week.