sun

Pictograph of the sun.

Evolution

日 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
日 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
日 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
日 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
日 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

sun; day; daytime; date, day of the month

 

abbr. for 日本[Rì​běn], Japan

Most common words with 日
Freq.
Word
Meaning

sun

生日

birthday

日子

day

日本

Japan

昨日

yesterday

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Iconic component in 17 characters (17 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 5 characters (0 verified)

Deleted component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.nik

nyit

sun; day


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 82.6686% of movies

317th most common character in movies

101st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+65E5

Shuowen

“日,實也,太陽之精不虧。从囗、一,象形。日說文古文,古文,象形。”


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