星

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star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

日 (semantic, “sun”) + 生 (phonetic, shēng)

components: 日生

star · Heisig RSH #1219

sun + cell

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 生

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 生 (shēng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
生 sound component	shēng	life, lifetime; birth; growth
性	xìng	sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
胜	shèng	victory; to excel, to truimph
姓	xìng	name, family name, surname; clan, people
牲	shēng	sacrificial animal; domestic animal
笙	shēng	free reed mouth organ
甥	shēng	niece, nephew; sister's child
旌	jīng	to signal; a flag adorned with feathers
眚	shěng	cataract; fault, error, crime

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中子星	zhōng zǐ xīng	neutron star
小行星	xiǎo xíng xīng	asteroid; minor planet
水星	Shuǐ xīng	(astronomy) Mercury
外星人	wài xīng rén	space alien; extraterrestrial
星马	Xīng Mǎ	Singapore and Malaysia (abbr. for 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1], aka 星洲[Xing1 zhou1] + 馬來西亞\|马来西亚[Ma3 …
火星子	huǒ xīng zi	(coll.) spark; ember
星家	xīng jiā	astrologist (in former times)
星相学	xīng xiàng xué	astrology
火星人	Huǒ xīng rén	Martian
海星	hǎi xīng	starfish; sea star
海星机场	hǎi xīng jī chǎng	nickname of Beijing Daxing International Airport 北京大興國際機場\|北京大兴国际机场[Bei3 jing1 Da4 xing1 Gu…
金星	Jīn xīng	Venus (planet)
金星	jīn xīng	gold star; stars (that one sees from blow to the head etc)
行星	xíng xīng	planet; CL:顆\|颗[ke1]
三合星	sān hé xīng	(astronomy) triple star system
星巴克	Xīng bā kè	Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
星相家	xīng xiàng jiā	astrologer
上星	shàng xīng	to broadcast via satellite; satellite (channel etc); shangxing acupoint (DU23)
克星	kè xīng	nemesis; bane; fated to be ill-matched
星体	xīng tǐ	(astronomy) celestial body (e.g. planets, moons)