行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
行星
xíngxīng
planet
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
- 天文学家通过亮度变化推测，那颗恒星周围可能存在一颗行星。 Tiānwénxuéjiā tōngguò liàngdù biànhuà tuīcè, nà kē héngxīng zhōuwéi kěnéng cúnzài yì kē xíngxīng. Astronomers inferred from changes in brightness that a planet may exist around that star.
- 地球是太阳系里唯一适合人类居住的行星。 Dìqiú shì tàiyángxì lǐ wéiyī shìhé rénlèi jūzhù de xíngxīng. Earth is the only planet in the solar system suitable for human life.
- 科学家发现了一颗绕着遥远恒星转的巨大行星。 Kēxuéjiā fāxiànle yì kē ràozhe yáoyuǎn héngxīng zhuàn de jùdà xíngxīng. Scientists discovered a giant planet orbiting a distant star.
Related words
- 行 xíng OK, all right; to go
- 不行 bùxíng not okay; cannot
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 举行 jǔxíng to hold an event
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 旅行 lǚxíng to travel; trip
- 行动 xíngdòng to take action
- 行人 xíngrén pedestrian
- 行为 xíngwéi behavior
- 银行 yínháng bank
- 银行卡 yínhángkǎ bank card
- 自行车 zìxíngchē bicycle