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星 — star; heavenly body; satellite

star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount

Pinyin
xīng
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 星: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

星 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 星 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 星期xīngqīweek; day of the week; SundayHSK 1
  2. 星期日xīngqīrìSundayHSK 1
  3. 星期天xīngqītiānSundayHSK 1
  4. 星星xīngxinga star; the stars in the skyHSK 4
  5. 明星míngxīngstar; celebrityHSK 5
  6. 恒星héngxīngstarHSK 7–9
  7. 零星língxīngfragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and piecesHSK 7–9
  8. 外星人wàixīngrénspace alien; extraterrestrialHSK 7–9
  9. 卫星wèixīngsatellite; satellite; moonHSK 7–9
  10. 星级xīngjístar rating; top-class; highly ratedHSK 7–9
  11. 星球xīngqiúcelestial body; heavenly bodyHSK 7–9
  12. 星系xīngxì—HSK 7–9
  13. 星座xīngzuòconstellation; astrological signHSK 7–9
  14. 行星xíngxīngplanetHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.