星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
星期天
xīngqītiān
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
- 星期天你去学校吗？ Xīngqītiān nǐ qù xuéxiào ma? Are you going to school on Sunday?
- 星期天我休息。 Xīngqītiān wǒ xiūxi. I rest on Sundays.
- 星期天是我的生日。 Xīngqītiān shì wǒ de shēngrì. Sunday is my birthday.