星期
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
星期 (xīngqī) · week
星期 (xīngqī) means “week”. It is written with 2 characters: 星 (star) + 期 (period). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 星期 is built
The characters
星 xīng · star
What 星 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 生shēng — life
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 日 gives the meaning, 生 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
期 qī · period
What 期 is made of
- 其qí — his
- 甘gān — sweet
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 甘gān — sweet
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 月 gives the meaning, 其 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
一个星期有七天。Yī gè xīngqī yǒu qī tiān.A week has seven days.
今天星期几？Jīntiān xīngqī jǐ?What day of the week is it today?
Questions about 星期
What does 星期 mean?
星期 (xīngqī) means “week”.
How do you pronounce 星期?
星期 is pronounced xīngqī.
Which HSK level is 星期?
星期 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 星期日xīngqīrìSunday
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
- 明星míngxīngstar
- 星星xīngxingstar
- 零星língxīngscattered
- 卫星wèixīngsatellite
- 日期rìqīdate
- 假期jiàqīholiday
- 学期xuéqīterm
- 长期chángqīlong-term
Learn 星期 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 23: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.