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JLPT N54 strokes象形文字

day, sun, Japan

On'yomi (音読み)ニチ、 ジツ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)ひ、 -び、 -か
Radical (部首)
Left (Hen / 偏) (ひ (sun))
41 kanji

An ancient pictograph depicting the sun as a circle with a central sunspot, originally representing the sun and by extension a single day.

Example Vocabulary (例文・語彙)
日本にほん (nihon)
Japan
日 (sun) + 本 (origin) = 日本 (Japan)
Components:
今日きょう (kyou)
today
今 (now) + 日 (day) = 今日 (today)
Components:
日曜日にちようび (nichiyoubi)
Sunday
日 (day) + 曜 (weekday) + 日 (day) = 日曜日 (Sunday)
Components:
毎日まいにち (mainichi)
every day
毎 (every) + 日 (day) = 毎日 (every day)
Components:
Radical: