星期天 (Xīng qī tiān)

Character breakdown

• 星 (xīng) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.

• 期 (qī) · 12 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

• 天 (tiān) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a person (大) with an emphasized head. Based on the original meaning "head". The meaning later shifted to "top", "high", and "sky".

Example sentences

1. 星期天几号? — What is the date on Sunday?
2. 明天是星期天。 — It is Sunday tomorrow.
3. 我星期天在家。 — I stay at home on Sundays.
4. 我星期天不工作。 — I don't work on Sundays.
5. 你星期天都做什么？ — What do you do on Sundays?

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