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本日

ほんじつ

today

Mnemonic

This day, said the way a menu or an announcement says it rather than the way you would. Hone ほん out of 本 and another jitsu じつ. Today's lunch is hamburgers: ほんじつ.

Worth knowing

今日 きょう is what you say out loud. 本日 is what gets printed and announced, and it pairs with 先日 せんじつ, the other day.

Built from

origin, book
木 tree + 一 one line, at the root
sun, day
A pictograph, the sun with a mark in the middle.

Words sharing these kanji

Japanese language book Japan truth, reality seriousness the person in question really, truly real thing, genuine article originally, essentially every day tomorrow yesterday

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