Radical 日

9 strokes

sun 日 (6) + life 生 (133) = star 星

So here we have two mini phonetic series: Characters 133, 134 (“sheng”), and 135, 136 (“xing”). You can see from the similarity of these two sounds that they had a common origin.

[星星 xīngxīng star]

[明星 (77) míngxīng (movie) star]

“Our sun is vital to all life on our planet, yet it is just a star.” / The giant, lying on his back on the shingle on the beach, looks up at the night sky and ponders.