(rì) - day; sun; the date; Japan (abbreviation) in Mandarin
rìTraditional: 日
Translation
day; sun; the date; Japan (abbreviation)
Word origin
日 (rì) is a pictograph of the sun, originally a circle with a central dot or line, squared off over time in the writing system. It means 'sun' and by extension 'day', and abbreviates Japan (日本).
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- 日 (rì), pictograph of the sun
Stroke order
日
Examples
，？
What is today's date?
。
Tomorrow we will go to see a film together.
步。
He runs every day.
六。
His birthday is the fifth of June.
。
Let us discuss this matter tomorrow.
日 (rì) means sun, day, or date. In formal and written Mandarin it is the literary word for day (明日, tomorrow; 每日, every day; 假日, holiday) and is the standard word for the date (几日, what date). 日 is also the short form for Japan (日本 Rìběn, abbreviated 日). In compounds it covers daytime (日间, daytime), diary (日记), and calendar (日历). In casual spoken Mandarin 天 (tiān) is more common for day, while 日 sounds more formal.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 日.
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