星期日 (xīngqīrì) · Sunday
星期日 (xīngqīrì) means “Sunday”. It is written with 3 characters: 星 (star) + 期 (period) + 日 (day). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 星期日 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)
日 rì · day
What 日 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: The sun (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
Questions about 星期日
What does 星期日 mean?
星期日 (xīngqīrì) means “Sunday”.
How do you pronounce 星期日?
星期日 is pronounced xīngqīrì.
Which HSK level is 星期日?
星期日 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 星期xīngqīweek
- 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
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 24: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.