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日々

ひび

daily, every day

Mnemonic

One day and then the mark that says do that again, and the going on doing it is the entire point. The same bee ひび at the same flower every morning: ひび.

Worth knowing

毎日 まいにち is every day as a count. 日々 is the days as they go past, and it leans on the routine of it.

Built from

sun, day
A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.
repeat mark
Not a kanji. Typesetters call it ノマ because that is what it looks like, katakana ノ sat on マ. It means repeat the character before it, so 色々 is 色色 and 人々 is 人人. Formally it is a 踊り字, a dancing mark.

Words sharing these kanji

Japanese language every day Japan tomorrow yesterday today day today the other day, a few days ago Monday Tuesday Wednesday

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