日

日 U+65E5, 日 ← 旤[U+65E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 旦 →[U+65E6] ⽇ U+2F47, ⽇ ← ⽆[U+2F46] Kangxi Radicals ⽈ →[U+2F48] Stroke order Stroke order

日 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+0, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 日 (A), four-corner 60100, composition ⿴囗一)

1. Kangxi radical #72, ⽇.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical number 231.

• Not to be confused with 曰 (Kangxi radical #73), which is generally wider and shorter.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/日
• 汨, 阳, 衵, 蚎, 鈤, 馹 (驲), 欥, 炚, 甠, 圼, 妟, 杲, 炅, 冒, 曷, 曻
• 白, 杳, 沓, 曶, 者, 香, 音, 耆, 曺, 萅, 朁, 替, 孴, 稥, 魯 (鲁)
• 氜, 凬, 間 (间), 亘, 莫, 由, 甲, 申, 甴, 电, 東, 果, 亀

• ㄖ (Zhuyin letter)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 489, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13733
• Dae Jaweon: page 848, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1482, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65E5

• 日 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Pictogram (象形) – the sun. A dot or line was added in the centre to distinguish it from visually similar characters, e.g. 口 (kǒu). Compare earlier forms of the character with the astronomical and astrological symbol for the Sun (☉) and the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓇳.

simp. and trad. 日 alternative forms

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k). Cognate to Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun, day”), Burmese နေ (ne, “sun”) or Burmese နေ့ (ne., “day”), S’gaw Karen နံၤ (nĩ, “day”), and Nuosu ꑍ (nyip, “day, daytime”).

日

1. (astronomy) Sun
   1. (Classical) short for 日曜日 (rìyàorì): Sunday
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset 日班 ― rìbān ― day shift Antonyms: 夜 (yè), 夜間 / 夜间 (yèjiān), 夜晚 (yèwǎn), 晚上 (wǎnshang)
3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month 三月四日 ― sān yuè sì rì ― March 4 Synonym: 號 / 号 (hào)
6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Classifier for days.
10. short for 日本 (Rìběn, “Japan; Japanese; Nippo-”) 中日詞典／中日词典 ― zhōngrì cídiǎn ― Chinese-Japanese dictionary 日式咖喱 ― Rìshì gālí ― Japanese curry
11. (obsolete) short for 日斯巴尼亞／日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà, “Spain”)
12. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日 (MC nyit)

• (Japan):

simp. and trad. 日 alternative forms 入㒲肏

Essentially a substitute character for 入 (MC nyip, “to enter”) that preserves the expected modern pronunciation of 入; see the etymology there for more.

日

1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with 狗日 ― gǒurì ― fucking
   • 我日他們十八輩兒的祖宗！ [MSC, trad.]我日他们十八辈儿的祖宗！ [MSC, simp.]From: 1944, 老舍 (Lao She), 《惶惑》 (Bewilderment), in 《四世同堂》 (Four Generations Under One Roof)Wǒ rì tāmen shíbā bèir de zǔzōng! [Pinyin]Screw their ancestors to the eighteenth generation!
   • 一句話，于瘸子把小姨日了。 [MSC, trad.]一句话，于瘸子把小姨日了。 [MSC, simp.]From: 2003, 董立勃, 风吹草低, in 《当代》, issue 4Yī jù huà, Yú quézi bǎ xiǎoyí rì le. [Pinyin]In one sentence ― Yu the Lame fucked mum’s youngest sister.
   • 甚至在別人的慫恿下，對着蘇婕說，我想日你。 [MSC, trad.]甚至在别人的怂恿下，对着苏婕说，我想日你。 [MSC, simp.]From: 2004, 锦璐, 双人床, in 《当代》, issue 2Shènzhì zài biérén de sǒngyǒng xià, duì zhe Sū Jié shuō, wǒ xiǎng rì nǐ [Pinyin]At others’ instigation, (he would) even say to Su Jie’s face that “I want to fuck you”.
   • 山本，我日你先人！給句痛快話，投降不投降？ [MSC, trad.]山本，我日你先人！给句痛快话，投降不投降？ [MSC, simp.]Shānběn, wǒ rì nǐ xiānrén! Gěi jù tòngkuài huà, tóujiàng bù tóujiàng? [Pinyin]Yamamoto — fuck your ancestors! Give me a quick response: surrender or not?
2. (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) Prefix in certain verbs or adjectives with a negative connotation.

simp. and trad. 日

Possibly due to assimilation of 金 (kim) and 日 (nyit). Note that 金 ends with /m/ in Old and Middle Chinese.

日

1. Only used in 日磾 / 日䃅, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (金日磾) and Ma Midi (馬日磾).

For pronunciation and definitions of 日 – see 時 (“season; time; etc.”).(This character is an ancient form of 時).

• “日”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01771
• “日”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: にち (nichi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じつ (jitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひ (hi, 日, Jōyō)、か (ka, 日, Jōyō)、び (bi)、が (ga)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、てる (teru)、とき (toki)、はる (haru)、ひる (hiru)、にっ (ni’)、に (ni)、いる (iru)、す (su)、につ (nitsu)、あ (a)、へ (he)、こう (kō)、たち (tachi)、く (ku)、くさ (kusa)

Kanji in this term 日 にちGrade: 1 goon

/nʲitɨ/ → /nit͡ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit).

• IPA(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕi]
• (Tokyo) にち [níꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1] as a noun

日(にち) • (nichi)

1. short for 日曜日 (nichiyōbi): Sunday

日(にち) • (-nichi)

1. ordinal day of a month ２７(にじゅうしち)日(にち) ― nijūshichi-nichi ― the 27th
2. number of days 誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)まであと１２(じゅうに)日(にち)だ ― tanjōbi made ato jūni-nichi da ― My birthday is in 12 days.

Sometimes shortened to んち (-nchi) or ち (-chi).

• 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi)
• 幾(いく)日(にち) (ikunichi)

日(にち) • (nichi)

1. sun
2. daytime, daylight
3. day
4. short for 日本 (Nihon, Nippon): Japan, Japanese, Nippo-
5. short for 日向国 (Hyūga-no-kuni): Hyūga Province

Kanji in this term 日 じつGrade: 1 kan’on

/d͡ʑitʉ/ → /d͡ʑit͡su/ → /ʑit͡su/

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit). Compare modern Min Nan 日 (ji̍t).

• IPA(key): [d͡ʑit͡sɨ]

日(じつ) • (jitsu)

1. sun
2. day

Kanji in this term 日 ひGrade: 1 kun’yomi

⟨pi1⟩ → */pʲi/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pi (“day”).

• IPA(key): [çi]
• Audio:(file)
• (Tokyo) ひ [hì] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• (Tokyo) ひ [híꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1]) when meaning “a day”, and when preceded by any premodifier.

• (Kyōto) ひ​ー [híꜜì] (Kōki)ZAJ

• (Kagoshima) ひ​ぃ [hî] (type A)ZAJ

日(ひ) • (hi)

1. 陽: the sun Synonyms: 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin), 金烏 (kin’u)
2. 陽: sunlight, sunshine Synonym: 日光 (nikkō)
3. 陽: daytime, daylight Synonym: 昼間 (hiruma)
4. a day
5. time and date
6. a daily (something done every day) Synonyms: 日々 (hibi), 毎日 (mainichi)
7. the weather Synonym: 天気 (tenki)
8. a (usually unfortunate) case, event, situation
9. the times (age, era, or time in the past) Synonyms: 頃 (koro), 時代 (jidai)
10. an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day Synonym: 日柄 (higara)
11. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a sun-shaped design

Kanji in this term 日 かGrade: 1 kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. The forms of words created using this suffix may be evidence for an earlier *uka form, see 二日(ふつか) (futsuka), 四日(ようか) (youka, modern form 四日(よっか) (yokka)), 六日(むゆか) (muyuka, modern form 六日(むいか) (muika)), 七日(なぬか) (nanuka, modern form 七日(なのか) (nanoka)), 八日(やうか) (yauka, modern form 八日(ようか) (yōka)), 九日(ここぬか) (kokonuka, modern form 九日(ここのか) (kokonoka)), and 二十日(はつか) (hatsuka) (two, four, six, seven, eight, nine, and twenty days, respectively).[2]

• IPA(key): [ka̠]
• (Tokyo) か [káꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])

日(か) • (-ka)

1. daytimes
2. number of days

• “日”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[4] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit).

Historical readings Dongguk Jeongun reading Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᇙ〮 (Yale: zílq) Middle Korean Text Eumhun Gloss (hun) Reading Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[5] 날〮 (Yale: nál) ᅀᅵᆯ〮 (Yale: zíl)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [iɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [일]

日 (eumhun 날 일 (nal il))

1. hanja form? of 일 (“day”) [noun]
2. hanja form? of 일 (“sun; daytime”) [affix]
3. hanja form? of 일 (“short for 일요일(日曜日) (iryoil, “Sunday”)”)

Hanja in this term日

日 • (il) (hangeul 일)

1. (in news headlines) short for 日(일)本(본) (Ilbon, “Japan”)

In news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [6]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): なち (nachi)、にち (nichi, Jōyō)、じち (jichi)←じつぃ (zitwi, historical)
• Kun: ふぃー (fī, 日)

• 生日(っんまりびー) (‘nmaribī)
• 毎(めー)日(なち) (mēnachi), 毎(めー)日(にち) (mēnichi)
• 日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi)
• 元(ぐゎん)日(じち) (gwanjichi)

From Proto-Japonic *pi.

Distinct from 火 (pi2, “fire”). See Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai for details on Old Japanese readings.

日 (pi1) (kana ひ)

1. the sun
2. sunlight, sunshine
3. daytime, daylight
4. a day
5. a reference to the imperial family or lineage, thought to be descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu

• Japanese: 日, 陽 (hi)

• 茜さす (akane sasu)
• 天傳ふ (amadutapu)
• 高照らす (takaterasu)
• 高光る (takapi1karu)

Due to the irregularities in the derived terms, it has been speculated that the suffix was actually -uka, which makes the connection to 日 (ke) less likely.[1]

日 (-ka) (kana か)

1. daytimes
2. number of days

• Japanese: 日 (-ka)

Apophonic form of ka above, possibly by the fusion of ancient nominal particle い (i).

日 (ke2) (kana け)

1. (plural only) days

日: Hán Việt readings: nhật (人(nhân)質(chất)切(thiết))[1][2][3], nhựt[3] 日: Nôm readings: nhặt[1][2][3][4][5], nhật[1][2][5], nhạt[2][3], nhựt[2][5], nhờn[1]

1. chữ Hán form of nhật (“sun; day”)