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JLPT N54 strokesKanjiLevel 3 - JLPT N5

Quick answer

日 is the kanji for "Day". A common reading is ひ (hi). You can practice writing it on this page.

Meaning

Day

Also : Sun · Japan · Counter For Days

Readings

kun/ hikun/ bikun/ kaonにち/ nichionじつ/ jitsu

kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading

Practice writing

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Memory Aid

Meaning ·

The sun in a box — a square with a line through the middle, like the sun rising above the horizon line. The box frames the blazing disc each day.

Reading ·

にち (nichi) sounds like "niece" — your niece visits every day when the sun shines.

Example Sentences

日曜日に家で休みます。

にちようびにいえでやすみます。

I rest at home on Sunday.

朝日がとてもきれいです。

あさひがとてもきれいです。

The morning sun is very beautiful.

Vocabulary using 日

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