Chinese

星期天

xīngqītiān

Sunday

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characterChinese星 “star (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c mn)”
- soundChinese晶 “brilliant; glittering”
- soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
  - ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
  - ideaChinese一 “one”
characterChinese期 “to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet”
- soundChinese其 “his; her; its; their”
- meaningChinese日 “Sun”
characterChinese天 “sky; heavens; heavenly; celestial”
- meaningChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
- soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”