星期天 (xīngqītiān) · Sunday
星期天 (xīngqītiān) means “Sunday”. It is written with 3 characters: 星 (star) + 期 (period) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 星期天 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)
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 星期天
What does 星期天 mean?
星期天 (xīngqītiān) means “Sunday”.
How do you pronounce 星期天?
星期天 is pronounced xīngqītiān.
Which HSK level is 星期天?
星期天 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 星期日xīngqīrìSunday
- 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
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 25: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.