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星 character · TOCFL 1
星 ＝ 日 ＋ 生
ㄒㄧㄥ · xīng
noun — a star

字源 FORM — what the parts do

日義one star left of three — the old graph wrote 晶, a clusterworn from 晶 to a single 日
生聲shēng — gives the sound
IFshēng → xīng — sh to x, the final with it
Stars in a cluster (晶) over 生 for sound. Centuries of copying kept one star of the three, and it squared into a 日. shēng wore to xīng. 星星、星期.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

天黑透了，星一顆接一顆地生（生）出來。
Full dark — and the stars come up one after another, born (生) into the sky.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)星星— a star常用
→星期— the week — days counted by the stars' calendar常用
⇒明星— a star — the famous kind
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
晶＝ 日 ＋ 日 ＋ 日jīngthe full cluster 星's old graph wore — three together, sparkling早＝ 日 ＋ 十zǎothe lookalike — 十 under 早's sun, 生 under 星's
演 · Evolution
甲骨文的曐，生上頂著三顆星；隸書只留一顆，星點寫方，成了日。
The oracle graph 曐 hangs three stars over 生; clerical hands kept one, and the star-dot squared into 日.