天狼星 Chinese English dictionary 天狼星 translate 天狼星 pinyin

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天狼星

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
天狼星 Tiānlángxīng	天狼星 \| 天狼星* \| *天狼星	Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
天	天 \| 天* \| *天	4画大 + 1	tiān	sky, heaven; god, celestial	tin1	1043.0 MK


狼	狼 \| 狼* \| *狼	10画犬犭 + 7	láng, làng, lǎng, hǎng	wolf	long4	4323.2 KHIAV


星	星 \| 星* \| *星	9画日 + 5	xīng	a star, planet; any point of light; 25th lunar mansion, determinative star α Hydrae (Alphard)	sing1	6010.4 AHQM

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
天狼星 Tiānlángxīng	天狼星 \| 天狼星* \| *天狼星	Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座


天 tiān	天 \| 天* \| *天	day / sky / heaven


狼　láng	狼 \| 狼* \| *狼	wolf / CL: 匹, 隻｜只, 條｜条


星　　xīng	星 \| 星* \| *星	star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount