How to write 日 (rì, “sun”)
日 (rì), an HSK 1 character, means “sun”, “day” and “day of the month”. Make Me a Hanzi uses it in 155 other characters, such as 早 (“early”), 时 (“time”) and 明 (“bright”). On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 星期日 (“Sunday”), 生日 (“birthday”) and 工作日 (“workday”). Japanese reads it nichi, “day”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.
- Pinyin
- rì
- Strokes
- 4
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 日 (“sun”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
As an enclosed character it splits into 口 (“mouth”), strokes 1–2 and 4; 一 (“one”), stroke 3, written with the strokes of the parts interleaved.
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
日 inside other characters
Make Me a Hanzi count: 155 characters.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| rì fourth tone | (bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 (Rìběn)) | — | 星期日 生日 工作日 节日 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 274 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 日
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日 | rì | sun; day HSK 1 |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday HSK 1 |
| 生日 | shēngrì | birthday HSK 2 |
| 工作日 | gōngzuòrì | workday; working day HSK 3 |
| 节日 節日 | jiérì | holiday; festival HSK 3 |
| 日子 | rìzi | day; a (calendar) date HSK 4 |
| 日常 | rìcháng | day-to-day; daily HSK 4 |
| 日期 | rìqī | date HSK 4 |
| 日记 日記 | rìjì | diary HSK 4 |
| 假日 | jiàrì | a holiday; a day off HSK 4 |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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HSK 1, in list order: