Read Edit View history Discussion 星 xīng HSK1 a star Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 星 Simp strokes 星 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 星 Simp strokes 星 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 星 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 296, 749 ], [ 338, 699 ], [ 387, 499 ] ], [ [ 320, 756 ], [ 368, 740 ], [ 624, 776 ], [ 683, 769 ], [ 712, 731 ], [ 685, 672 ], [ 641, 537 ] ], [ [ 393, 619 ], [ 400, 627 ], [ 446, 638 ], [ 550, 656 ], [ 587, 650 ] ], [ [ 407, 523 ], [ 424, 535 ], [ 450, 540 ], [ 606, 557 ], [ 618, 563 ] ], [ [ 317, 462 ], [ 330, 446 ], [ 338, 422 ], [ 316, 380 ], [ 260, 304 ], [ 184, 242 ] ], 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630 356 612 386 610 Z", "M 402 516 Q 406 516 414 517 Q 532 535 619 544 C 649 547 652 560 623 569 Q 599 582 409 544 Q 405 544 400 542 C 371 534 372 514 402 516 Z", "M 344 371 Q 362 395 379 415 Q 389 425 377 441 Q 337 477 314 475 Q 304 474 304 459 Q 310 384 214 281 Q 208 281 174 243 Q 165 230 180 233 Q 196 234 217 248 Q 284 291 326 347 L 344 371 Z", "M 542 350 Q 602 360 666 368 Q 724 378 733 385 Q 742 392 738 400 Q 732 413 704 421 Q 676 428 646 419 Q 595 406 543 393 L 488 384 Q 419 375 344 371 C 314 369 298 357 326 347 Q 368 329 440 336 Q 462 339 489 342 L 542 350 Z", "M 536 199 Q 545 202 669 215 Q 679 214 688 226 Q 689 238 667 248 Q 630 270 543 245 Q 540 245 538 244 L 487 234 Q 472 233 341 216 Q 313 213 334 196 Q 367 168 395 176 Q 437 185 487 191 L 536 199 Z", "M 532 79 Q 533 142 536 199 L 538 244 Q 539 299 542 350 L 543 393 Q 543 412 546 443 Q 553 462 544 473 Q 519 497 496 508 Q 483 512 474 507 Q 464 503 468 492 Q 487 453 488 384 L 489 342 Q 488 300 487 234 L 487 191 Q 486 140 486 76 C 486 46 531 49 532 79 Z", "M 486 76 Q 407 72 331 58 Q 187 37 127 40 Q 117 41 109 35 Q 100 28 107 17 Q 117 2 173 -29 Q 188 -35 209 -27 Q 444 57 632 44 Q 750 40 918 7 Q 937 3 945 12 Q 952 24 933 41 Q 852 107 812 97 Q 794 94 543 80 Q 537 80 532 79 L 486 76 Z" ] } 9 strokes 星 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 294, 757 ], [ 338, 699 ], [ 389, 492 ] ], [ [ 314, 758 ], [ 373, 740 ], [ 598, 773 ], [ 688, 766 ], [ 720, 720 ], [ 637, 521 ] ], [ [ 387, 631 ], [ 595, 652 ] ], [ [ 408, 524 ], [ 617, 565 ] ], [ [ 312, 469 ], [ 341, 420 ], [ 279, 325 ], [ 180, 239 ] ], [ [ 332, 351 ], [ 735, 395 ] ], [ [ 335, 206 ], [ 680, 227 ] ], [ [ 475, 498 ], [ 516, 451 ], [ 508, 78 ] ], [ [ 112, 25 ], [ 181, 5 ], [ 450, 55 ], [ 702, 65 ], [ 831, 60 ], [ 940, 19 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M303,760C294,762 289,761 287,757C283,752 283,745 290,734C314,690 335,630 349,555C353,533 360,514 374,499C388,485 392,483 399,494C402,500 402,508 402,516C401,533 401,533 400,542C399,551 398,560 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933,41C879,86 838,103 812,97C800,95 558,81 532,79C501,77 501,77 486,76Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.