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HSK 1 · Days & dates

星期日

xīng qī rì

Sunday

Stroke order of 星期日

3 characters, 25 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

星 · 9 strokes期 · 12 strokes日 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

The 日 sun is the day that ends the 星 star 期 period: Sunday.

Parts: 星 star (日 + 生) + 期 period (其 + 月 moon) + 日 sun

The characters in 星期日

  • 期 qī — period; issue (12 strokes)
  • 日 rì — day (of the month); sun (4 strokes)

Example sentence

星期日我们休息。

We rest on Sunday.

Words with 星

星期week星期天Sunday明星star; celebrity星星star

Words with 期

星期week星期天Sunday日期date学期semester; term假期holiday; vacation近期near future; recently短期short-term长期long-term定期regular; periodic期period; issue

Words with 日

日day (of the month); sun生日birthday日期date日子day; life; days日报daily (newspaper)节日festival; holiday日常daily; everyday

More words: Days & dates

今天today明天tomorrow昨天yesterday后天day after tomorrow前天day before yesterday天day; sky日day (of the month); sun号day of month; number月month; moon年year今年this year明年next year去年last year星期week星期天Sunday新年New Year生日birthday

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