日

日 U+65E5, 日 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E5 ← 旤 [U+65E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 旦 → [U+65E6]

⽇ U+2F47, ⽇ KANGXI RADICAL SUN ← ⽆ [U+2F46] Kangxi Radicals ⽈ → [U+2F48]

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日 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 日 (A), four-corner 6010₀, composition ⿴囗一)

1. Kangxi radical #72, ⽇.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №231

• Not to be confused with 曰 (Kangxi radical #73), which is generally wider and shorter.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/日
• 汨, 阳, 衵, 蚎, 鈤, 馹(驲), 欥, 炚, 甠, 圼, 妟, 杲, 炅, 冒, 曷, 曻
• 白, 杳, 沓, 曶, 者, 香, 音, 耆, 曺, 萅, 朁, 替, 孴, 稥, 魯(鲁)
• 氜, 凬, 間(间), 亘, 莫, 由, 甲, 申, 甴, 电, 東, 果, 亀

• ㄖ (Zhuyin letter)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 489, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13733
• Dae Jaweon: page 848, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1482, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65E5

• 日 on Wikidata.Wikidata

Pictogram (象形) – the Sun. A dot or line was added in the centre to distinguish it from visually similar characters, e.g. 囗 (early form of 丁). Compare earlier forms of the character with the astronomical and astrological symbol for the Sun (☉) and the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓇳.

simp. and trad.		日
alternative forms		囸 𡆠 𡇁 𡆸 𡇗 囸 𡆠 𡇁 𡆸 𡇗 𡈎 𲘞

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k). Cognate to Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun, day”), Burmese နေ (ne, “sun”) or Burmese နေ့ (ne., “day”), S'gaw Karen နံၤ (nĩ, “day”), and Nuosu ꑍ (nyip, “day, daytime”).

日

1. (astronomy) Sun
2. daytime; time between sunrise and sunset

   日班  ―  rìbān  ―  day shift

   Antonyms: 夜 (yè), 夜間 / 夜间 (yèjiān), 夜晚 (yèwǎn), 晚上 (wǎnshang)

3. day; twenty-four hours
4. everyday; daily; day-to-day
5. day of the month

   三月四日  ―  sān yuè sì rì  ―  March 4

   Synonym: 號 / 号 (hào)

6. some day; some other time
7. former times; previous times; the past
8. time; period; age
9. Classifier for days.
10. short for 日本 (Rìběn, “Japan; Japanese; Nippo-”)

    中日詞典／中日词典  ―  zhōngrì cídiǎn  ―  Chinese-Japanese dictionary

    日式咖喱  ―  Rìshì gālí  ―  Japanese curry

11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 二 (èr, “two”)
12. (obsolete) short for 日斯巴尼亞／日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà, “Spain”)
13. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日 (MC nyit)

• (Japan):

simp. and trad.		日
alternative forms		入 㒲 肏

Essentially a substitute character for 入 (MC nyip, “to enter”) that preserves the expected modern pronunciation of 入; see the etymology there for more.

日

1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with

   狗日  ―  gǒurì  ―  fucking

   • 我日他們十八輩兒的祖宗！ [MSC, trad.]
     我日他们十八辈儿的祖宗！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1944, 老舍 (Lao She), 《惶惑》 (Bewilderment), in 《四世同堂》 (Four Generations Under One Roof)

     Wǒ rì tāmen shíbā bèir de zǔzōng! [Pinyin]

     Screw their ancestors to the eighteenth generation!

   • 一句話，于瘸子把小姨日了。 [MSC, trad.]
     一句话，于瘸子把小姨日了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2003, 董立勃, 风吹草低, in 《当代》, issue 4

     Yī jù huà, Yú quézi bǎ xiǎoyí rì le. [Pinyin]

     In one sentence ― Yu the Lame fucked mum's youngest sister.

   • 甚至在別人的慫恿下，對着蘇婕說，我想日你。 [MSC, trad.]
     甚至在别人的怂恿下，对着苏婕说，我想日你。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2004, 锦璐, 双人床, in 《当代》, issue 2

     Shènzhì zài biérén de sǒngyǒng xià, duì zhe Sū Jié shuō, wǒ xiǎng rì nǐ [Pinyin]

     At others' instigation, (he would) even say to Su Jie's face that “I want to fuck you”.

   • 2005, CCTV-1, Drawing Sword, episode 13, spoken by Li Yunlong (Li Youbin):

     山本，我日你先人！給句痛快話，投降不投降？ [MSC, trad.]
     山本，我日你先人！给句痛快话，投降不投降？ [MSC, simp.]

     Shānběn, wǒ rì nǐ xiānrén! Gěi jù tòngkuài huà, tóujiàng bù tóujiàng? [Pinyin]

     Yamamoto — fuck your ancestors! Give me a quick response: surrender or not?

simp. and trad.		日

Possibly due to assimilation of 金 (kim) and 日 (nyit). Note that 金 ends with /m/ in Old and Middle Chinese.

日

1. Only used in 日磾 / 日䃅, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (金日磾) and Ma Midi (馬日磾).

For pronunciation and definitions of 日 – see 時 (“season; time; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 時).

• “日”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01771
• “日”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: にち (nichi, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: じつ (jitsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひ (hi, 日, Jōyō)、か (ka, 日, Jōyō)、び (bi)、が (ga)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、てる (teru)、とき (toki)、はる (haru)、ひる (hiru)、にっ (ni')、に (ni)、いる (iru)、す (su)、につ (nitsu)、あ (a)、へ (he)、こう (kō)、たち (tachi)、く (ku)、くさ (kusa)

Kanji in this term
日
にち Grade: 1
goon

/nʲitɨ/ → /nit͡ɕi/

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit).

• (Tokyo) にち [níꜜchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1] as a noun
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

日(にち) • (nichi) 

1. short for 日曜日 (nichiyōbi): Sunday

日(にち) • (-nichi) 

1. ordinal day of a month

   ２７(にじゅうしち)日(にち) ― nijūshichi-nichi ― the 27th

2. number of days

   誕(たん)生(じょう)日(び)まであと１２(じゅうに)日(にち)だ ― tanjōbi made ato jūni-nichi da ― My birthday is in 12 days.

Sometimes shortened to んち (-nchi) or ち (-chi).

• 一(いち)日(にち) (ichinichi)
• 幾(いく)日(にち) (ikunichi)

日(にち) • (nichi) 

1. sun
2. daytime, daylight
3. day
4. short for 日本 (Nihon, Nippon): Japan, Japanese, Nippo-
5. short for 日向国 (Hyūga-no-kuni): Hyūga Province

Kanji in this term
日
じつ Grade: 1
kan'on

/d͡ʑitʉ/ → /d͡ʑit͡su/ → /ʑit͡su/

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit). Compare modern Min Nan 日 (ji̍t).

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑit͡sɨ]

日(じつ) • (jitsu) 

1. sun
2. day

Kanji in this term
日
ひ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

⟨pi₁⟩ → */pʲi/ → /ɸi/ → /hi/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *pi (“day”).

• (Tokyo) ひ [hì] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [çi]

• Audio:

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日(ひ) • (hi) 

1. 陽: the sun

   Synonyms: 太陽 (taiyō), 日輪 (nichirin), 金烏 (kin'u)

2. 陽: sunlight, sunshine

   Synonym: 日光 (nikkō)

3. 陽: daytime, daylight

   Synonym: 昼間 (hiruma)

4. a day
5. time and date
6. a daily (something done every day)

   Synonyms: 日々 (hibi), 毎日 (mainichi)

7. the weather

   Synonym: 天気 (tenki)

8. a (usually unfortunate) case, event, situation
9. the times (age, era, or time in the past)

   Synonyms: 頃 (koro), 時代 (jidai)

10. an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day

    Synonym: 日柄 (higara)

11. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a sun-shaped design

Kanji in this term
日
か Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese. The forms of words created using this suffix may be evidence for an earlier *uka form, see 二日(ふつか) (futsuka), 四日(ようか) (youka, modern form 四日(よっか) (yokka)), 六日(むゆか) (muyuka, modern form 六日(むいか) (muika)), 七日(なぬか) (nanuka, modern form 七日(なのか) (nanoka)), 八日(やうか) (yauka, modern form 八日(ようか) (yōka)), 九日(ここぬか) (kokonuka, modern form 九日(ここのか) (kokonoka)), and 二十日(はつか) (hatsuka) (two, four, six, seven, eight, nine, and twenty days, respectively).^[2]

• (Tokyo) か [káꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠]

日(か) • (-ka) 

1. daytimes
2. number of days

• “日”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[4] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

From Middle Chinese 日 (MC nyit).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅀᅵᇙ〮 (Yale: zílq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[5]	날〮 (Yale: nál)	ᅀᅵᆯ〮 (Yale: zíl)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [일]

日 (eumhun 날 일 (nal il))

1. hanja form^? of 일 (“day”) [noun]
2. hanja form^? of 일 (“sun; daytime”) [affix]
3. hanja form^? of 일 (“short for 일요일(日曜日) (iryoil, “Sunday”)”)

Hanja in this term
日

日 • (Il) (hangeul 일)

1. (in news headlines) short for 日(일)本(본) (Ilbon, “Japan”)

In news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [6]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): なち (nachi)、にち (nichi, Jōyō)、じち (jichi)^{←じつぃ (zitwi, historical)}
• Kun: ふぃー (fī, 日)

• 生日(っんまりびー) ('nmaribī)
• 毎(めー)日(なち) (mēnachi), 毎(めー)日(にち) (mēnichi)
• 日(にっ)記(ち) (nitchi)
• 元(ぐゎん)日(じち) (gwanjichi)

From Proto-Japonic *pi.

Distinct from 火 (pi₂, “fire”). See Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai for details on Old Japanese readings.

日 (pi₁) (kana ひ)

1. the sun
2. sunlight, sunshine
3. daytime, daylight
4. a day
5. a reference to the imperial family or lineage, thought to be descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu

• Japanese: 日, 陽 (hi)

• 茜さす (akane sasu)
• 天傳ふ (amadutapu)
• 高照らす (takaterasu)
• 高光る (takapi₁karu)

Due to the irregularities in the derived terms, it has been speculated that the suffix was actually -uka, which makes the connection to 日 (ke) less likely.^[1]

日 (-ka) (kana か)

1. daytimes
2. number of days

• Japanese: 日 (-ka)

Apophonic form of ka above, possibly by the fusion of ancient nominal particle い (i).

日 (ke₂) (kana け)

1. (plural only) days
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 484:

     一日社人母待吉長氣乎如此耳待者有不得勝

     pi₁to₁pi₁ ko₂so₂ pi₁to₂ mo mati yo₂ki₁ nagaki₁ ke₂ wo kaku nomi₂ mateba arikatu

     One day, people still waiting are good; if the long days' wait just this way, then they should not exist.

日: Hán Việt readings: nhật (人(nhân)質(chất)切(thiết))^[2][3][4], nhựt^[4]
日: Nôm readings: nhặt^{[2][3][4][5][6]}, nhật^[2][3][6], nhạt^[3][4], nhựt^[3][6], nhờn^[2]

1. chữ Hán form of nhật (“sun; day”)