The kanji 日: meaning, readings and stroke order

日

Meaning: sun, day
On reading: ニチ nichi、ジツ jitsu、ニ ni
Kun reading: ひ hi、か ka
Strokes: 4
Radical: 日 sun, day
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mặt trời, ngày (nhật)
Japanese: たいよう。ひ。いちにち。
Korean: 해, 날 (일)
Chinese: 太阳、日子

Readings, words and example sentences

ニチ nichi · on reading

日にち曜よう日び
Sunday
日にち曜よう日びは山へ行きます。
On Sunday I go to the mountains.
毎まい日にち
every day
毎まい日にち 早くおきます。
I get up early every day.

ジツ jitsu · on reading

本ほん日じつ
today (formal word)
本ほん日じつはお休みです。
We are closed today.

ニ ni · on reading

日に本ほん
Japan
日に本ほんには山がたくさんあります。
Japan has a lot of mountains.

ひ hi · kun reading

日ひ
the sun
あさ、山から日ひが出ます。
In the morning, the sun comes up over the mountains.

か ka · kun reading

三みっ日か
three days; the 3rd
あと 三みっ日かで休みです。
Only three more days until the break.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.