初日

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (初日)		初	日

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūrì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄖˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūrì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄖˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: churìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-jih⁴
    • Yale: chū-r̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: churyh
    • Palladius: чужи (čuži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

初日

1. (obsolete) rising sun

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
初	日
しょ Grade: 4	にち Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょにち [shòníchí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

Noun

初(しょ)日(にち) • (shonichi) 

1. opening day, first day

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
初	日
はつ Grade: 4	ひ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はつひ [hàtsúhí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠t͡sɨçi]

Noun

初(はつ)日(ひ) • (hatsuhi) 

1. sunrise on January 1

References

• “初日”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025