日

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 1 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Derived terms 3.3 Etymology 2 3.3.1 Counter 3.3.2 Kanji 3.3.2.1 Readings 3.3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Compounds 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Synonyms 5.2.2 Antonyms 5.2.3 Derived terms 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Min Nan 7.1 Hanzi 8 Vietnamese 8.1 Han character 8.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

• Not to be confused with 曰, which is generally wider and shorter

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

日 (jyutping jat6, Yale yat6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

日 (hiragana ひ, romaji hi)

1. sun
2. day

[edit] Etymology 1

Apophonic with cognate /ka/.

[edit] Noun

日 (hiragana け, romaji ke)

1. days

[edit] Derived terms

• 今朝 (kesa)
• 朝に日に (asa ni ke ni)

[edit] Etymology 2

Apophonic with cognate /ke/.

[edit] Counter

日 (か, ka)

1. days, day of the month
   1. 二日 (ふつか, futsuka): two days, second day of the month
   2. 三日 (みっか, mikka): three days, third day of the month
   3. 四日 (よっか, yokka): four days, fourth day of the month
   4. 五日 (いつか, itsuka): five days, fifth day of the month
   5. 六日 (むいか, muika): six days, sixth day of the month
   6. 七日 (なのか, nanoka): seven days, seventh day of the month
   7. 八日 (ようか, yōka): eight days, eighth day of the month
   8. 九日 (ここのか, kokonoka): nine days, ninth day of the month
   9. 十日 (とおか, tōka): ten days, tenth day of the month
   10. 十四日 (じゅうよっか, jūyokka or じゅうよにち, jūyonichi): fourteen days, fourteenth day of the month
   11. 二十日 (はつか, hatsuka): twenty days, twentieth day of the month

[edit] Kanji

日 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: にち (nichi), じつ (jitsu)
• Kun: ひ (hi), か (ka), (bi)
• Nanori: (su), (tachi), (ni), (he), (ni), (nitsu), (kou), (kusa), (ku), (iru), (aki), (a)

[edit] Compounds

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 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, nitchū): 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 occurence 日程 (にってい, nittei): daily schedule

日々 (ひび, hibi): every day 日没 (にちぼつ, nichibotsu): sunset 日本 (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 日帰り (ひがえり, higaeri): day trip 日陰 (ひかげ, hikage): shade 日影 (ひかげ, hikage): sunshine 日傘 (ひがさ, higasa): parasol 日柄 (ひがら, higara): 日時計 (ひどけい, hidogei): sundial

日付 (ひづけ, hizuke): 日付変更線 (ひづけへんこうせん, hizukehenkōsen): International Date Line 日向 ((ひなた, hinata): sunny area 日読み 日和 (ひより, hiyori): weather 日和見 (ひよりみ, hiyorimi): 来る日 (くるひ, kuruhi): 毎日 (まいにち, mainichi): every day 先日 (せんじつ, senjitsu): the other day 昨日 (きのう, kinō): yesterday 明日 (あした, ashita): tomorrow 在日 (ざいにち, zainichi):

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[edit] Hanja

日
Eumhun:

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

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

[edit] 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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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

日 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin rì)

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

[edit] Antonyms

• 夜

[edit] Derived terms

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

日 (*njit)

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[edit] Min Nan

[edit] Hanzi

日 (POJ ji̍t)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

日 (nhật, nhặt, nhạt, nhựt, nhửt)

[edit] Compounds

• 日本 (Nhật Bản)