日 — Chinese character
日
rì
sun; day; daytime
- Pinyin
- rì
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 口 一
- Formation
- pictographic — The sun
- Japanese
- 日 as a kanji
Common words with 日
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
| 日子 | rì zi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 日常 | rì cháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 每日 | měi rì | daily; (soup etc) of the day |
| 日期 | rì qī | date |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday; 个 (gè) |
| 日前 | rì qián | the other day; a few days ago |
| 近日 | jìn rì | (in) the past few days; recently |
| 抗日 | kàng Rì | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) |
| 日益 | rì yì | day by day; more and more |
| 日至 | rì zhì | solstice; the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至 |
English words written with 日
日 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 6 · Analects 22 · Art of War 14 · I Ching 20 · Mencius 61 · Zhuangzi 138 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 6
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 26
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 48
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Analects 1.4
- Analects 2.9
- Analects 4.6
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