星

xīng

star

heavenly body; satellite; small amount

Sun (日) + growth (生) = a glowing body in the sky

日 anchors the meaning in the realm of celestial light. 生 mainly provides the sound xīng; the sun radical carries the idea of a luminous body in the sky.

日+生→星
日The sunSemantic
生LifePhonetic

Words with 星

通信卫星

tōng xìn wèi xīng

communications satellite

通讯卫星

tōng xùn wèi xīng

communications satellite

造父变星

zào fù biàn xīng

(astronomy) Cepheid variable star

游星

yóu xīng

(old) planet

金星

jīn xīng

gold star

银河星云

yín hé xīng yún

a galactic nebula

双星

shuāng xīng

double star

陆西星

lù xī xīng

Lu Xixing (1520-c. 1601), Ming Daoist author, to whom the fantasy novel Investiture of the Gods 封神演義|封神演义[Feng1 shen2 Yan3 yi4] is attributed, together with Xu Zhonglin 許仲琳|许仲琳[Xu3 Zhong4 lin2]

陨星

yǔn xīng

meteorite

零星

líng xīng

fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces

零零星星

líng líng xīng xīng

odd

鹰状星云

yīng zhuàng xīng yún

Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16

More characters with 日

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