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Kanji 日: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 日: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Key takeaways

Kanji 日: day, sun, Japan, counter for days. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

daysunJapancounter for days

On reading

ニチジツ

Kun reading

-び-か

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 日

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

This character is a pictograph representing the round sun with a dot in the center. Over time, the lines were straightened into a square shape, signifying 'sun' or 'day'.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ニチ
  • 一日いちじつ

    one day / first day of the month

  • 期日きじつ

    fixed date / deadline

  • 今日はこんにちは

    hello / good day

  • 終日しゅうじつ

    all day / entire day

  • 日夜にちや

    day and night / constantly / always

  • 連日れんじつ

    day after day / consecutive days

  • 一昨日いっさくじつ

    day before yesterday

  • 祭日さいじつ

    national holiday / public holiday

Kun reading

  • 悪日あくび

    unlucky day / bad luck

  • 七日なぬか

    seventh day / seven days

  • 西日にしび

    westering sun / late afternoon sun

  • 日頃ひごろ

    usually / habitually / normally

  • 日取りひどり

    fixed date / appointed day

  • 日向ひなた

    sunny place / in the sun

  • 日の丸ひのまる

    Japanese national flag

  • 日々ひび

    every day / day after day / daily

Commonly used words

  • 一日
    いちじつ

    one day / first day of the month

  • 期日
    きじつ

    fixed date / deadline

  • 今日は
    こんにちは

    hello / good day

  • 終日
    しゅうじつ

    all day / entire day

  • 日夜
    にちや

    day and night / constantly / always

  • 連日
    れんじつ

    day after day / consecutive days

  • 悪日
    あくび

    unlucky day / bad luck

  • 七日
    なぬか

    seventh day / seven days

  • 西日
    にしび

    westering sun / late afternoon sun

  • 日頃
    ひごろ

    usually / habitually / normally

  • 日取り
    ひどり

    fixed date / appointed day

  • 日向
    ひなた

    sunny place / in the sun

Example sentences

Example 1

は悪で何もかもうまくいかない。

Translation

Today is an unlucky day; nothing goes well.

Example 2

だから気をつけて出かけてね。

Translation

Be careful when you go out because it’s a bad luck day.

Example 3

あさって会いましょう。

Translation

Let's meet the day after tomorrow.

Example 4

あさっては休みですか?

Translation

Are you off the day after tomorrow?

Kanji 日: day, sun, Japan, counter for days | Daily Nihongo