日

ひ

day

Mnemonic

The sun with a mark through the middle of it, and one turn of that is one day. He ひ has a free one and spends the whole thing with a book: ひ.

Worth knowing

日 carries a pile of readings: にち in 毎日, び in 曜日, か in dates like 三日. ひ is the bare word for a day.

Built from

日

sun, day

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

Also read ひ

火 fire

Words sharing these kanji

日本語 Japanese language 毎日 every day 日本 Japan 明日 tomorrow 昨日 yesterday 今日 today 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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