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日 means 'sun' or 'day'

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Strokes : 4    Radical number: 72    Frequency: 3   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 1    Beginner lesson: 1   Begins 536 words   Used in 1230 words   Used in 5064 names   Component in 1528 kanji (219 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ニチ   ジツ
Kun
   ひ   -か
Additional readings
Kun    -び
Name    あ   あき   いる   く   くさ   こう   す   たち   に   にっ   につ   へ
Variants
⽇   ⺜  
Notes
Many kanji that originally used 曰 (it is said) have been simplified to use 日
The 日 radical is on duty in scads of kanji. Find out when it means "sun," when it conveys the passage of time, and when it might represent "ladle" or "insect's head"!
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Most useful words by reading
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 : 229 words FIND ALL
ま い に ち 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day
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ニチ (read as に) : 187 words FIND ALL
に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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ジツ : 157 words FIND ALL
き ゅ う じ つ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
holiday; day off
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ニチ (read as にっ) : 148 words FIND ALL
に っ き 0
noun
diary; journal
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ひ : 187 words FIND ALL
ひ 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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ひ (read as び) : 127 words FIND ALL
き ん よ う び 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Friday
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-か (read as か) : 53 words FIND ALL
み っ か 0
noun
1. the third day of the month
2. three days
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ひ (read as ぴ) : 9 words FIND ALL
せ い ね ん が っ ぴ 5
noun
birth date; date of birth; DOB
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-か (read as が) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
Kasuga Myoujin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine)
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す: 1 word. FIND ALL
expression
Nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the demons laugh  (proverb)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 12 words. FIND ALL
き ょ う 1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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An additional one less common word includes 日 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 13 (originally: 62)  Joy o' Kanji : 62  Key to Kanji: 834 

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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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