This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
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Vocabulary
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日子
rì zi
day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
重睹天日
chóng dǔ tiān rì
to see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression
旭日
xù rì
the rising sun
赎罪日战争
Shú zuì rì zhàn zhēng
the Yom Kippur war of October 1973 between Israel and her Arab neighbors
赎罪日
Shú zuì rì
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
邮戳日期
yóu chuō rì qī
postmark date
舜日尧年
Shùn rì Yáo nián
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧天
Shùn rì Yáo tiān
sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
蜀犬吠日
shǔ quǎn fèi rì
lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most universal known.; alludes to the Sichan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
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