Memory phrase for the character: 日

日

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Meaning day, sun, abbr. for Japan

Pronunciation

rì

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
This image of the sun was originally drawn as a circle with an inner point, from which this 日 was developed.

Radicals

日 sun, dayThis 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

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
日冕层 rì miǎn céng  the sun's corona
向日葵 xiàng rì kuí  sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
向日葵 xiàng rì kuí  

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