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日 means 'sun' or 'day'
Additional readings
Kun -び
Name あ あき いる く くさ こう す たち に にっ につ へ
Notes
Many kanji that originally used 曰 have been simplified to use 日
The 日 radical is on duty in scads of kanji. Find out when it actually means 'sun,' as in 昇 (climb), and when it doesn't, as in 書 (write).
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 日 is used 109 times, read 4 ways (with 4 variations). 10 words use a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 日 is used 1112 times, read 4 ways (with 6 variations). 12 words use a non-standard reading.
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ニチ
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
ニチ
(read as に)
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ジツ
: 157 words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
holiday; day off(click the word for examples and links)
ニチ
(read as にっ)
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ひ
: 187 words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days (this meaning is restricted to form 日)2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
(click the word to view an additional 1 meaning and 2 forms, examples and links)
ひ
(read as び)
: 127 words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Friday(click the word for examples and links)
-か
(read as か)
: 53 words
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noun
1. the third day of the month2. three days
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ひ
(read as ぴ)
: 9 words
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-か
(read as が)
: 2 words
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noun
Kasuga Myoujin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine)(click the word for examples and links)
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expression
Nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the demons laugh (proverb)(click the word for examples and links)
Part of a non-standard reading: 12 words.
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day2. these days; recently; nowadays (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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