日本

にほん

Japan

Mnemonic

日 the sun and 本 the origin: the place the sun starts out from. Land of the rising sun, said in two characters. にほん.

Worth knowing

Both にほん and にっぽん are correct. にほん is what you will hear day to day, and にっぽん turns up in formal settings, on currency and at sporting events.

Built from

日

sun, day

A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.

本

origin, book

木 tree + 一 one line, at the root

Words sharing these kanji

日本語 Japanese language 毎日 every day 明日 tomorrow 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 日 day 日々 daily, every day 本日 today 先日 the other day, a few days ago 月曜日 Monday 火曜日 Tuesday 水曜日 Wednesday

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