日 (rì): sun, day
日 (rì) is a Chinese character meaning “sun, day.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (structural) and 一 (structural). It ranks #101 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 日 the sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour), 明 (míng, bright, tomorrow).
Definitions
- sun, day
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 日
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 生日noun | shēng rì | birthday | 2 |
| 日子noun | rì zi | day | 4 |
| 日记noun | rì jì | diary | 4 |
| 节日noun | jié rì | holiday | 3 |
| 日期noun | rì qī | date | 4 |
| 今日noun | jīn rì | today | 5 |
| 纪念日noun | jì niàn rì | day of commemoration | 5 |
| 日常adjective | rì cháng | day-to-day | 4 |
| 日历noun | rì lì | calendar | 5 |
| 假日noun | jià rì | a holiday | 4 |
| 日夜noun | rì yè | day and night | 6 |
| 星期日noun | xīng qī rì | Sunday | 1 |
| 日益adverb | rì yì | day by day | 6 |
| 日后noun | rì hòu | sometime | 6 |
| 工作日noun | gōng zuò rì | workday | 3 |
| 日前noun | rì qián | the other day | 6 |
| 日用品noun | rì yòng pǐn | articles for daily use | 5 |
| 节假日noun | jié jià rì | public holiday | 4 |
| 近日noun | jìn rì | (in) the past few days | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日本proper-noun | rì běn | Japan |
| 末日noun | mò rì | last day |
| 周日noun | zhōu rì | (dialect) weekday |
| 日落noun | rì luò | sundown |
| 好日子 | hǎo rì zi | auspicious day |
| 日程noun | rì chéng | schedule |
| 日志noun | rì zhì | journal |
| 过日子 | guò rì zi | to live one's life |
| 每日adverb | měi rì | daily |
| 夏日noun | xià rì | summertime |
| 日报noun | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 日语noun | rì yǔ | Japanese language |
| 日出noun | rì chū | sunrise |
| 明日noun | míng rì | tomorrow |
| 尼日利亚 | ní rì lì yà | Nigeria |
日 appears in 120 compound words: 43 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 5 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 日 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (53)
to spin daydreams; to indulge in wishful thinking; to build castles in the air
the full light of day (idiom); fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight
to spin daydreams; to indulge in wishful thinking; to build castles in the air
Showing 12 of 53 idioms containing 日.
Example Sentences
日本是一个岛国，位于亚洲东部，经济非常发达。
Rìběn shì yí gè dǎoguó, wèiyú Yàzhōu dōngbù, jīngjì fēicháng fādá.
Japan is an island country located in eastern Asia with a very developed economy.
超标近2000倍 日本石川县一处地下水检出高浓度有..
chāo biāo jìn bèi rì běn shí chuān xiàn yī chǔ dì xià shuǐ jiǎn chū gāo nóng dù yǒu . .
Nearly 2,000 times the limit, a groundwater in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, was found to have high concentrations of...
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wén lǚ yè tài tí zhì shēng jí , shān dōng xīn chūn jiǎ rì wén lǚ xiāo fèi chǎng jǐng gēng . .
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春节假期首日北京市属公园接待游客20.95万人次,....
chūn jié jiǎ qī shǒu rì běi jīng shì shǔ gōng yuán jiē dāi yóu kè . mò rén cì , . . . .
On the first day of the Spring Festival holiday, Beijing's municipal parks welcomed 209,500 visitors....
注意!静安“马上有礼”第五轮即将开抢,春日焕新消费..
zhù yì ! jìng ān mǎ shǎng yǒu lǐ dì wǔ lún jí jiāng kāi qiāng , chūn rì huàn xīn xiāo fèi . .
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这儿有人说日语吗？
Zhèr yǒu rén shuō Rìyǔ ma?
Does anyone here speak Japanese?
你是中国人还是日本人？
Nǐ shì Zhōngguórén háishi Rìběnrén?
Are you Chinese or Japanese?
你为什么来了日本？
Nǐ wèishénme lái le Rìběn?
Why did you come to Japan?
你记得了你父亲的生日吗？
Nǐ jìde le nǐ fùqin de shēngrì ma?
Did you remember your father's birthday?
你在日本住多久了？
Nǐ zài Rìběn zhù duōjiǔ le?
How long have you lived in Japan?
Character Family
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