Kanji 日 — "Sun"
Here is what 日 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Sun" stick.
Also means: Day
How it is read
にち, じつ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ひ, -び, -か
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The kanji Sun and its component are one and the same — plus it also means "day"!
- 日 Sun
The Sun in the sky is rectangular in shape. The stroke in the middle is a cloud blocking the sun so it doesn't glare in your eyes.
Words that use 日
12 of 82 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 今日 きょう / こんにち today
- 明日 あした / あす tomorrow
- 日 ひ / にち sun, day, sunshine, sunshine
- 昨日 きのう yesterday
- 日本 にっぽん / にほん Japan
- 七日 なのか 7th day, 7 days
- 毎日 まいにち every day
- 五日 いつか five days, 5th day
- 日々 ひび daily, every day, day after day
- 誕生日 たんじょうび birthday
- 本日 ほんじつ today (formal/written)
- 一日 いちにち / ついたち one day
Want 日 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
