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日

JLPT N5 SL1 4 strokes Frequency: #1

Meanings

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Radicals

日

Decomposition

⿴口一

Etymology

Pictographic: The sun

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 4

Stroke Order

1 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ニチ nichi

Used in compound words

ジツ jitsu

Used in compound words

ニ ni

Used in 日本

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひ hi

Standalone or with okurigana

か ka

Used in 日々, 毎日

び bi

Words Using This Kanji

2005 words total

Other (20 words)

日本霊異記にほんりょういき

Nihon Ryōiki (Heian-period collection of Buddhist stories)

日本ザリガニにほんざりがに

Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus)

海の日うみのひ

Marine Day (national holiday; 3rd Monday of July)

日本語教育にほんごきょういく

Japanese-language education (for non-native speakers)

日本語学にほんごがく

Japanese linguistics

昭和の日しょうわのひ

Shōwa Day (national holiday; April 29)

日共にっきょう

Japanese Communist Party

ゴミの日ごみのひ

garbage day

当日券とうじつけん

same-day ticket

耳の日みみのひ

World Hearing Day (March 3)

大禍津日神おおまがつひのかみ

the great evil god

禍津日神まがつひのかみ

god who causes calamities

日々草にちにちそう

Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

非日常性ひにちじょうせい

extraordinariness

直日神なおびのかみ

gods of restoration (who purify sin, etc.)

後七日ごしちにち

January 8-14

後七日の御修法ごしちにちのみしほ

annual Shingon prayer ritual (January 8-14)

非日常ひにちじょう

the extraordinary

日が差すひがさす

to shine (of the Sun)

日本経済にほんけいざい

Japanese economy

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