恒 héng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 亘 to extend across, through
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
恒星
héngxīng
star; fixed star
Characters in this word
星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 恒星的演化过程取决于初始质量和内部核反应速率。 Héngxīng de yǎnhuà guòchéng qǔjué yú chūshǐ zhìliàng hé nèibù hé fǎnyìng sùlǜ. The evolutionary process of a star depends on its initial mass and the rate of internal nuclear reactions.
- 太阳是离地球最近的一颗恒星。 Tàiyáng shì lí dìqiú zuì jìn de yì kē héngxīng. The Sun is the star nearest to Earth.
- 夜晚能看到的星星，大多数都是恒星。 Yèwǎn néng kàndào de xīngxing, dàduōshù dōu shì héngxīng. Most of the stars visible at night are true stars rather than planets.
Related words
- 持之以恒 chízhīyǐhéng to persevere; with sustained effort
- 永恒 yǒnghéng eternal; everlasting
- 星期 xīngqī week
- 星期日 xīngqīrì Sunday
- 星期天 xīngqītiān Sunday
- 明星 míngxīng celebrity; star
- 星星 xīngxing star
- 卫星 wèixīng satellite
- 零星 língxīng scattered; sporadic
- 外星人 wàixīngrén alien; extraterrestrial
- 星级 xīngjí star rating; star level
- 星球 xīngqiú planet; celestial body