歌星
gēxīng · HSK 6
star
🎤⭐ 歌星 = 歌 song + 星 star → singing star
Compound of 歌 (gē, song) and 星 (xīng, star). The same star-as-celebrity metaphor exists in English, so the mapping is one-to-one: a star who sings.
歌 — 哥 (phonetic 'gē') + 欠 (open mouth)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The right side 欠 depicts a person with an open mouth, supplying the meaning of singing or vocalizing. The left side 哥 gives the sound 'gē'. Together they form the verb and noun for 'song' or 'to sing'.