日

See also 曰, 臼, 白, and 冃

Translingual

Stroke order

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*n-/ lends semantic value Supple. Final consonant /*-t/ lends semantic value Cut/Divide/Reduce. Pictogram (象形) of the sun → day (← appearance of the sun ushering in a new day). Conceptually, the heat of the sun was understood in terms of softening objects and/or reducing them in size (compare 熱). Source: Howell & Morimoto

Etymology

日 is from a pictographic representation of the sun.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

See the table at the Wikipedia article on Chinese character classification for other forms.

Han character

日 (radical 72 日+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 日 (A), four-corner 6010₀, composition ⿴囗一)

1. sun
2. day
3. daytime
4. shorthand for 日本 (Japan)

See also

• Not to be confused with 曰, which is generally wider and shorter
• 冃 is sometimes simplified to 日, as in 冒

References

• KangXi: page 489, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13733
• Dae Jaweon: page 848, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1482, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65E5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

日 (jyutping jat6, Yale yat6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

日 (POJ nyit, Guangdong ngit⁷; ngit⁸ [Meixian], Hagfa Pinyim ngid5)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

日 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. day
2. sun
3. counter for days
4. Japan

Readings

• Goon: にち (nichi)
• Kan’on: じつ (jitsu)
• Kun: ひ (hi), ふ (fu), か (ka), け (ke)
• Nanori: あ (a), あき (aki), いる (iru), く (ku), くさ (kusa), こう (kō), す (su), たち (tachi), に (ni), につ (nitsu), へ (he)

Compounds

Compounds

人日 (じんじつ, jinjitsu): Human Day, celebrated on 7 January 日記 (にっき, nikki): diary 日給 (にっきゅう, nikkyū): daily wages 日系 (にっけい, nikkei): of Japanese descent 日月 (じつげつ, jitsugetsu; ひつき, hitsuki): the sun and moon; days and months, time 日銀 (にちぎん, nichigin): Bank of Japan 日光 (にっこう, nikkō): sunlight 日照 (にっしょう , nisshō): sunlight 日章旗 (にっしょうき, nisshōki): the Japanese flag 日進月歩 (にっしんげっぽ , nisshingeppo): rapid advance 日中 (にっちゅう, nicchū): Sino-Japanese 日常 (にちじょう, nichijō): daily life 日常茶飯事 (にちじょうさはんじ, nichijō sahanji): everyday occurrence 日程 (にってい, nittei): daily schedule 日々 (ひび, hibi): every day {{l|ja|日暮れ|tr=ひぐれ, higure): sunset 日没 (にちぼつ, nichibotsu): sunset 日本 (にほん, Nihon; にっぽん, Nippon): Japan 日夜 (にちや, nichiya): day and night 日用 (にちよう, nichiyō): daily use 日曜 (にちよう, Nichiyō): Sunday

日曜日 (にちようび, Nichiyōbi): Sunday 日輪 (にちりん, nichirin): sun; (puppeteer jargon) fire 日帰り (ひがえり, higaeri): day trip 日陰 (ひかげ, hikage): shade, shadow, out of the sun 日影 (ひかげ, hikage): sunshine; daytime 日傘 (ひがさ, higasa): parasol 日柄 (ひがら, higara): the astronomical characteristics of a day 日時計 (ひどげい, hidogei): sundial 日付 (ひづけ, hizuke): a (calendar) date 日付変更線 (ひづけへんこうせん, Hizuke Henkō Sen): International Date Line 日向 (ひなた, hinata): a sunny area, in the sun 日読み (ひよみ, hiyomi): a calendar 日和 (ひより, hiyori): weather 日和見 (ひよりみ, hiyorimi): opportunism; an opportunist 毎日 (まいにち, mainichi): every day 先日 (せんじつ, senjitsu): the other day, a few days ago 昨日 (きのう, kinō): yesterday 明日 (あした, ashita): tomorrow 在日 (ざいにち, zainichi): in Japan 尽日 (じんじつ, jinjitsu): all day long; the last day of a month or season

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese /hi₁/. This is distinct from 火 (hi), consistently rendered as /hi₂/ in Old Japanese. See Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai for details on Old Japanese readings.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /hi/, [çi]

Noun

日 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

1. sun
2. day

Derived terms

• 姫 (ひめ, hime): a princess
• 彦 (ひこ, hiko): a prince
• 東 (ひむかし、ひんがし、ひがし, himukashi, hingashi, higashi): east
• 光 (ひかり, hikari): light, a ray
• 昼 (ひる, hiru): daytime, midday
• 日ごろ (ひごろ, higoro): normally, habitually

Etymology 2

Apophonic form of /hi/. Obsolete; only used in compounds in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /hu/, [ɸɯᵝ]

In compounds, this is often realized simply as /u/, [ɯᵝ].

Noun

日 (hiragana ふ, romaji fu)

1. (obsolete) day

Derived terms

• 今日 (きょう, kyō): today
• 昨日 (きのう, kinō): yesterday

Etymology 3

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /ka/, [kä]

Counter

日 (hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. number of days

Suffix

日 (hiragana か, romaji -ka)

1. day of the month

Usage notes

The use of ka for the number of days or day of the month is somewhat irregular in Japanese, and only applies to certain numbers, as listed below from 1 to 31.

Number of days and days of the month

一日 (いちにち, ichinichi): one day; (ついたち, tsuitachi): first day of the month 二日 (ふつか, futsuka): two days, second day of the month 三日 (みっか, mikka): three days, third day of the month 四日 (よっか, yokka): four days, fourth day of the month 五日 (いつか, itsuka): five days, fifth day of the month 六日 (むいか, muika): six days, sixth day of the month 七日 (なのか, nanoka): seven days, seventh day of the month 八日 (ようか, yōka): eight days, eighth day of the month 九日 (ここのか, kokonoka): nine days, ninth day of the month 十日 (とおか, tōka): ten days, tenth day of the month 十一日 (じゅういちにち, jūichi-nichi): eleven days, eleventh day of the month 十二日 (じゅうににち, jūni-nichi): twelve days, twelfth day of the month 十三日 (じゅうさんにち, jūsan-nichi): thirteen days, thirteenth day of the month 十四日 (じゅうよっか, jūyokka): fourteen days, fourteenth day of the month 十五日 (じゅうごにち, jūgo-nichi): fifteen days, fifteenth day of the month 十六日 (じゅうろくにち, jūroku-nichi): sixteen days, sixteenth day of the month 十七日 (じゅうしちにち, jūshichi-nichi): seventeen days, seventeenth day of the month 十八日 (じゅうはちにち, jūhachi-nichi): eighteen days, eighteenth day of the month

十九日 (じゅうくにち, jūku-nichi): nineteen days, nineteenth day of the month 二十日 (はつか, hatsuka): twenty days, twentieth day of the month 二十一日 (にじゅういちにち, nijūichi-nichi): twenty-one days, twenty-first day of the month 二十二日 (にじゅうににち, nijūni-nichi): twenty-two days, twenty-second day of the month 二十三日 (にじゅうさんにち, nijūsan-nichi): twenty-three days, twenty-third day of the month 二十四日 (にじゅうよっか, nijūyokka): twenty-four days, twenty-fourth day of the month 二十五日 (にじゅうごにち, nijūgo-nichi): twenty-five days, twenty-fifth day of the month 二十六日 (にじゅうろくにち, nijūroku-nichi): twenty-six days, twenty-sixth day of the month 二十七日 (にじゅうしちにち, nijūshichi-nichi): twenty-seven days, twenty-seventh day of the month 二十八日 (にじゅうはちにち, nijūhachi-nichi): twenty-eight days, twenty-eighth day of the month 二十九日 (にじゅうくにち, nijūku-nichi): twenty-nine days, twenty-ninth day of the month 三十日 (さんじゅうにち, sanjū-nichi): thirty days, thirtieth day of the month 三十一日 (さんじゅういちにち, sanjūichi-nichi): thirty-one days, thirty-first day of the month

Etymology 4

Apophonic form of /ka/. Obsolete; only used in certain set phrases in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: /ke/, [ke̞]

Noun

日 (hiragana け, romaji ke)

1. (obsolete) days

   Only used in plural contexts. Never used to indicate a single day.

Derived terms

• 日のころごろ (けのころごろ, ke no korogoro): these days
• 朝に日に (あさにけに, asa ni ke ni): in the mornings and during the days → morning, noon and night: always

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Korean

Hanja

日
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 일 (revised: il, McCune-Reischauer: il, Yale: il)

• Name (hangeul): 날 (revised: nal, McCune-Reischauer: nal, Yale: nal)

Noun

1. (as an abbreviation) Sunday

Compounds

日計 (일계) 日工 (일공) 日光 (일광) 日記 (일기) 日氣 (일기)

日暮 (일모) 日本 (일본) 日常 (일상) 日曜日 (일요일) 月曜日 (월요일)

火曜日 (화요일) 水曜日 (수요일) 木曜日 (목요일) 金曜日 (금요일) 土曜日 (토요일) 来日 (내일)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Noun

日 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rì)

1. (literary) sun
2. (literary) day
3. (literary) day of the month

Synonyms

• trad. 太陽, simpl. 太阳 sun
• trad. 號, simpl. 号 day of the month
• 天 day

Antonyms

• 夜

Derived terms

    terms derived from 日

日报 日本 日薄西山 日不暇给 日常 日场 日程 日出 日戳 日德兰半岛 日耳曼人 日工 日光 日光灯 日光浴 日规

日晷 日后 日华 日环食 日积月累 日记 日间 日见 日渐 日界线 日久见人心 日久天长 日就月将 日喀则 日刊 日来

日理万机 日历 日轮 日落 日冕 日暮 日暮途穷 日内 日内瓦 日内瓦湖 日偏食 日期 日期变更线 日前 日侨 日趋

日全食 日惹 日日 日色 日上三竿 日射病 日食 日头 日托 日文 日息 日下 日心说 日新月异 日薪 日夜

日以继夜 日益 日影 日用 日用品 日语 日元, 日圆 日月 日月如梭 日晕 日照 日臻 日志 日中 日子

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Middle Chinese

Han character

日 (*njit)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

日 (POJ ji̍t)

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Vietnamese

Han character

日 (nhật)

Compounds

• 日本 (Nhật Bản)