星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
星期日
xīngqīrì
Sunday
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
- 星期日我不工作。 Xīngqīrì wǒ bù gōngzuò. I don't work on Sundays.
- 星期日你在家吗？ Xīngqīrì nǐ zài jiā ma? Are you at home on Sunday?
- 我们星期日一起去。 Wǒmen xīngqīrì yìqǐ qù. Let's go together on Sunday.