Chinese symbol for “sundial”
日晷
rì guǐ
sundial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sundial is 日晷 (rì guǐ), defined as: sundial.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sundial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晷 | guǐ | sundial |
| 日规 (日規) | rì guī | sundial |
| 圭 | guī | jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 日晷.
| 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 |
| 寸晷 | cùn guǐ | see 寸阴 (cùn yīn) |
| 日无暇晷 (日無暇晷) | rì wú xiá guǐ | no time to spare (idiom) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sundial”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.