星期日

Character by character

• 星xīng9 strokesHSK 1a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)
• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit
• 日rì4 strokesHSK 1sun; day; daytime

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 星期日. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 日rìHSK 1

  sun; day; date, day of the month

• 日子rì ziHSK 2

  day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 生日shēng rìHSK 1

  birthday

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 今日jīn rìHSK 5

  today

• 卫星wèi xīngHSK 5

  satellite; moon

• 节日jié rìHSK 2

  holiday; festival

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate

• 假期jià qīHSK 2

  vacation

• 日记rì jìHSK 4

  diary

• 星星xīng xingHSK 2

  (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky

• 早期zǎo qīHSK 5

  early period; early phase; early stage

• 日常rì chángHSK 3

  day-to-day; daily; everyday

• 期限qī xiànHSK 4

  time limit; deadline; allotted time

• 短期duǎn qīHSK 3

  short term; short-term

• 学期xué qīHSK 2

  term; semester