The Chinese Radical: 日


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Meaning
sun, day    日

Explanation 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.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
correct, indeed, to be:am/is
shì
Top: sun , bottom: correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
The sun looks correct: This is indeed correct!
JLPT HSK 1
period, time, era, hour, season
shí
Left: sun/day , right: skillful hand
A day is divided by a skillful hand into: periods.
JLPT HSK 1
to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss
xiǎng
Top: mutually (At the tree you watch mutually.), below: heart
The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts.
JLPT HSK 1
bright, clear, to understand
míng
A combination of sun and moon
Both sun and moon shine bright.
JLPT HSK 1
shadow, reflection, movie, photograph
yǐng
Left: panorama, view (The sun above the capital [= stone lantern] is a panorma.), right: hair
(When long hair are in front of the eyes:) The panorama appears through the hair like: in a shadow.
JLPT HSK 1
star, planet
xīng
Top: sun , bottom: live (The twig at the growing plant stands for life.)
(Due to their movement in the night sky) Suns that live are the stars.
JLPT HSK 1
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
hē, hè
Left: mouth , right: interrogation (= The mouth with tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation)
His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person ) something: to drink.
JLPT HSK 1
yesterday, past
zuó
Left: sun/day , right: suddenly (The saw fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(At midnight:) The present day is "sawn" into yesterday.
JLPT HSK 2
early, morning
zǎo
Sunrise (sun above the horizon ) with marking:
When the sun is at the marking at the horizon, it is early in the morning.
JLPT HSK 2
day, sun, abbr. for Japan


This image of the sun was originally drawn as a circle with an inner point, from which this was developed.
JLPT HSK 2
evening, night, late
wǎn
Left: day/sun , right: avoid, escape (An escaping rabbit 兔: long ears , big eyes 罒, legs , but without tail )
The day "escapes". It's getting evening.
JLPT HSK 2
sing, to call loudly, to chant
chàng
Left: mouth , right: prosperous, flourishing (Two suns and it is flourishing.)
A mouth as big as two suns makes a good singer.
JLPT HSK 2
between, among, to separate
jiān, jiàn
Outside: gate /門, inside: sun
The gate 門 has two wings (with a gap) and the sun shines between.
JLPT HSK 2
clear, fine (weather)
qíng
Left: day/sun , right: young, blue (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up.
JLPT HSK 2
most, the most, extreme, -est
zuì
Top: sun , below: take/hold (at the ear with the hand to grasp)
The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme.
JLPT HSK 3
person, (used to refer to previous)
zhě
Top: old man , below: sun
The old man in the sun shows that he is the one, ...
JLPT HSK 3
Sun, positive, sun, male principle, Yang of (Yin:阴/Yang:阳)
yáng
Left: hill (If this radical: is at the left of a character it means 'hill', otherwise it means 'village'), right: sun
The hill is on its sunny side positiv, thus the: Yang (male)
JLPT HSK 3
single, individual, only, bill, list
chán, dān, shàn
From top: coming out (here: rays or shine), sun , ten
It shines the sun in a group of ten (with nine planets, including Pluto) as the single one.
JLPT HSK 3
former, old, opposite, worn (with age)
jiù
Left: var. of one , right: sun, day
One day formerly.
JLPT HSK 3
spring (time), joyful, gay
chūn
From top: three 三, person , sun
Three persons sit in the sun: It is spring and we are joyful!
JLPT HSK 3
to marry, marriage, wedding, to take a wife
hūn
Left: woman , right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family sits in the sun at dusk.)
The woman comes into the family/clan at the day of the marriage.
JLPT HSK 3
easy, amiable, to change, to exchange

Top: sun , below: rays
Sunshine makes it easy.
JLPT HSK 4
scenery, bright, circumstance
jǐng
Top: sun , below: capital (image of a stone lantern)
The sun above the capital is a nice scenery.
JLPT HSK 4
warm, temperature
wēn
Left: water , right: 昷 (sun and a bowl/plate )
The water in the sunny bowl becomes warm.
JLPT HSK 4
to explain, to extend, (monkey in animal calendar)
shēn
Sun/day, lightning
A flash of lightning in full daylight: What will that say to us? - Or better: A mouth with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when explaining.
JLPT HSK 4
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
hòu
From top: cliff , sun , child (.. a child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.
JLPT HSK 4
temporary, for the time being, provisional
zàn
Top: chop (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe .), below: sun/Tag
In the vehicle there was an axe for a day, so only temporarily.
JLPT HSK 4
general, popular, everywhere, universal

Top: to line up (originally 2 x stand [for row], now merged to ), bottom: sun
Lining up in the sun is generally popular.
JLPT HSK 4
to warm, to heat
nuǎn
Left: sun , right: to help (a hand reaches down to give a rope [with two knots] and another hand takes this help.)
The sun helps to warm up.
JLPT HSK 4
heat, hot weather, summer heat
shǔ
Top: sun , bottom: person (old man on the sun )
The sun directly above the person - that's a heat!
JLPT HSK 5
wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
zhì
At top: to know (The arrow has a target , which it knows.), below: sun
Knowledge like a shining sun is true wisdom.
JLPT HSK 5
visible, to illustrate, to display, conspicuous
xiǎn
Top: sun , bottom: business, occupation (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
When the sun is (directly) above the volcanic vent, it is visible there.
JLPT HSK 5
dawn, morning, day-break
dàn
Above: sun , below: horizontal line for horizon [Sunset is: ]
When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn.
JLPT HSK 5
reflect, shine
yìng
Left: sun , right: center (The yoke on the shoulders of the big man is centered).
When the sun reaches the zenith [= center] everything is reflecting.
湿
JLPT HSK 5
moist, wet
shī
Left: water , right: visible 显 (If the sun is [directly] over a hollow volcanic vent , it is visible there)
Water makes a sunny hole (=vent) wet. Or: Water is visible, when (i.e. the floor) is wet.
JLPT HSK 5
elder brother, descendant, insect
kūn
Top: sun , bottom: compare (originally: image of insect with carapace and legs )
He appears like the sun in comparison (with the siblings): The elder brother.
JLPT HSK 5
to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for

Top: 2 x husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.), bottom: sun
The two husbands are during sunshine (= good times) exchangeable.
JLPT HSK 5
banquet, feast, repose
yàn
From top: roof , sun , woman
Under the roof the sunny woman hosts a banquet.
JLPT HSK 5
to propose, instigate, initiate, promote, introduce
chàng
Left: person , right: to flourish (Two suns and it is flourishing.)
According to this person, there should be two suns: that was the proposal!
JLPT HSK 5
dizzy, giddy, to faint, to swoon, to lose consciousness
yūn, yùn
Top: day, sun , bottom: army, military (.. with camouflaged vehicles /車)
(due to the heat) When the sun shines on your covered vehicle, you get dizzy in it.
JLPT HSK 5
ten days, ten years, full period
xún
Wrap sth. and sun
When the sun is wrapped (by clouds), then often for the duration of 10 days.
JLPT HSK 5
obscure, gloomy, hidden, dark, secret, muddled
àn
Left: sun/day , right: sound/noise (Stand/Get up into the day with sounds [of the clock radio])
When the sun stands between two days , it is: dark and obscure.
JLPT HSK 5
to dry in the sun, to sunbathe
shài
西
Left: sun , right: west 西 (sun moves below the horizon at sunset in the west)
The sun in the west (= at the afternoon) is good for drying or a sunbath.
JLPT HSK 6
to tread on, to stamp, to press a pedal

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: many (water , sun [here: sun as = stones lying next to each other])
The foot can step into water or if there is a way of aligned stones to: tread on.
JLPT HSK 6
to dazzle, to shake, swing
huǎng, huàng
Top: sun , bottom: light, ray (Fire on legs serves as light.)
The sun has a shining light that is dazzling, like swinging around.
JLPT HSK 6
to lift, raise one's head, soaring, expensive
áng
Top: sun , bottom: ([at the left] an odd person bowing down deeply [at the right])
Looking at the sun, the bowed person has: raised. (Or: In sunshine the one-legged rabbit will raise the head.)
JLPT HSK 6
oath, pledge, union, to ally, league
méng
Top: bright/clear 明 (sun , moon ), below: bowl/plate
On a bright plate, it is presented: the oath of pledge.
JLPT HSK 6
twilight, dusk, lose consciousness, muddle-headed
hūn
Left: family (A distorted person = = together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.), right: sun
The family is sitting in the sunshine at dusk.
JLPT HSK 6
flourishing, prosperous, roaring (fire)
wàng
Left: sun, day , right: king
During the day, the king looks so flourishing!
JLPT HSK 6
violence, sudden, cruel, to show or expose, to injure
bào
From top: sun , together (Put the plants on the table together.), water
The sun together with water exposes the violence.
JLPT HSK 6
understanding

Left: sun , right: analysieren 析 (The tree is divided with an axe for analysing.)
In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable.
JLPT HSK 6
prosperous, flourishing
chāng
Two suns
Two suns shine: all is prosperous and flourishing.
JLPT HSK 6
dawn, daybreak, to let sb know
xiǎo
Left: sun , right: Emperor Tang Yao (vari. of halberd and variant of table )
When the sun proceeds with the shade of the halberd to the table, it is dawn.
JLPT HSK 6
conceal, dark, obscure
mèi
Left: sun/day , right: not yet (The upper shorter branch of the tree is "not yet")
The day is still immature: It is still concealed in the dark.
JLPT HSK 6
former times, the past

Top: 龷 (here: together = Put the plants on the table together.), bottom: sun
Together in the sun we think of the old days.
JLPT HSK 6
to move forward, to promote, to advance
jìn
Top: relatively weak (Put a plank on the volcanic vent because is relatively weak.), below: sun (here: today)
The plank shall be put on the volcanic vent within today, becase we want to move forward!
JLPT HSK 6
dike, dam, embankment

Left: earth , right: correct (sun , variant of correct )
The earth is correctly (used) for a dike.
JLPT HSK 6
morning, daybreak
chén
Top: sun , bottom: morning 5th earth branch, 7-9 a.m. (=image of plowing (At the field corner a first line is plowed by the farmer .)
With the sun at the plow already at the early morning!
JLPT HSK 6
drought
hàn
Top: sun , bottom: dry (laundry rack)
If the sun is particularly drying, it is a drought.
JLPT HSK 6
order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
zhǐ
Top: sitting person , bottom: sun
If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees.
JLPT HSK 6
inner strength, contain/collect, accumulate, hold in store
yùn
Top: grass , bottom: 缊 (thread 纟/, sun , bowl )
The grass has fibers/threads which, when viewed in light, are the bowl for inner strength.
JLPT HSK 6
daytime, daylight
zhòu
Top: Length measurement Chǐ (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise (The sun over the horizon )
In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.
JLPT HSK 6
meet (socially), to encounter sb.

Left: sun, day , right: I; my (here: simplification of speech, language 语)
During the day to use 'language' means: to meet sb.
JLPT HSK 6
vast, neglect, desert, waste, wilderness
kuàng
广
Left: sun , right: (empty) building 广
When the sun shines into an empty building, it appears as vast wilderness.
JLPT HSK 6
crystal
jīng
3
3 x sun
(Light refraction at its cut surfaces) It becomes like three suns at the: crystal.
JLPT HSK 6
to explode or burst, to quick fry or boil
bào
Left: fire , right: expose/violence (sun [here: frying pan, skillet], variation of together , water )
Fire leads in the frying pan together with water to an explosion.
JLPT HSK 6
waterfall, shower (rain)
bào, pù
Left: water , right: violence, expose (The sun together with water exposes the violence.)
Water and the sun (fall) together into the water and form: the waterfall.
JLPT HSK 6
ward off (a blow)
hàn
Left: hand , right: drought 旱 (The sun has dried .)
By hand the drought is warded off.
JLPT HSK 6
to air, to sun, (to expose to air or sun)
pù, bào
Left: sun , right: violence, expose (The sun together with water exposes the violence.)
(If you spread it out, it dries better:) In the sun it is exposed for: airing or sun(-bathing).
JLPT HSK 6
stupid, clumsy, rude, crass

Top: fish 鱼/ (.. with mouth , body and tail fin ), bottom: sun
Putting the fish in the sun is stupid and clumsy.
JLPT HSK 6
step on, trample, to waste, wreck

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: Variant of: collapse 塌 (You will come back to earth , when you want (to reach) the sun with your flight , whereat you collapse. [HERE: with foot instead of earth ]
The foot will on something collapsed: trample on.
JLPT HSK 6
(of daylight) dim, obscure, clandestine, dubious
ài
Left: sun , right: love (When I reach down through a cover to my friend , then because of love.) [friend = two shaking hands , ]
The sun is what I'd love, if it is dim and obscure.
JLPT HSK 6
pleasant, genius and warm
xuān
Left: sun , right: announce (At the roof [= highest point] with a first sun ray the sunrise is announced.)
When the sun announces, it becomes pleasant and warm.
JLPT HSK 6
to dry in the air
liàng
Left: sun , right: capital (image of a stone lantern)
In the sun at the stone lantern, we let it dry.
JLPT no HSK
beautiful, handsome, extended
màn
Top: sun , eye 罒, hand (here: eyelashes)
When the sun shines on her eye with the extended eyelashes, she is beautiful & handsome.
JLPT no HSK
bright, manifest, luminous, clear
zhāo
Left: sun , right: to call together (... with the sword and the mouth )
The sun is calling: It is becoming bright and luminous!
JLPT no HSK
dark, deep, stupid, the underworld
míng
From top: cover , sun/day , six
(The class of sunglasses?) A cover that makes the sun-light sixfold darker.
JLPT no HSK
leisure
xiá
Left: day , center: var. of door 戸 (with stairs ), right: tool コ/, hand
(DIY = Home improvement as a hobby:) The day when I repair door and stairs with a tool in my hand is my leisure time.
JLPT no HSK
evening, sunset, one's old age

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: sun
At this sinking sun, the sun stands for: evening.
JLPT no HSK
fin

Left: fish 鱼/ (... with mouth , body and tail fin ), right: person above 60 years ( [Old man , sitting person ], sun )[old man & order, purpose ]
At the fish they give like an old man (with the fingers 指), the orders : the fins.
JLPT no HSK
midday, noon, part of the day, moment
shǎng
Left: sun , right: in direction to (At the house the window is in: this direction.)
The sun moves in the direction towards: midday.
JLPT no HSK
dawn, rising sun

Left: nine , right: sun
The upward direction ナ over the horizon with a sun ray stands for: rising sun.
JLPT no HSK
addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)
shì
Left: mouth , right: old man (old, experienced [old man , sitting person ], sun )
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.
JLPT no HSK
low bed, couch

Left: tree , right: sun (here: pillow) and wings/feathers (here: feather bed or comforter)
Made of wood, with a pillow, and a feather-bed (duvet): a bed or couch.
JLPT no HSK
fierce, violent, heroic, courageous, intrepid, dauntless
hàn
Left: feelings , right: drought 旱 (the sun has dried )
(The plants are withered) The feelings at this drought are fierce.
JLPT no HSK
dark, night, unlucky
huì
Left: sun , right: every (every person = has a mother )
(You get suntanned face color.) In the sun, everybody gets dark.
JLPT no HSK
infection, epidemic, plague, pestilence
wēn
Left: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick), right: 昷 (variant of warm 温 = The water on a sunny plate becomes warm.)
(You get fever:) The disease of heat is: an infection.
JLPT no HSK
drag, pull, to tow

(Due to the weight, the person is deformed)
A person with a heavy load on the shoulders who is dragging or pulling.
JLPT no HSK
daybreak, dawn, the dawn of a new epoch (metaphor)
shǔ
Left: sun , right: government office 署 (The eyes 罒 above the persons are a government office.) [see the similarity to: heat 暑]
When the sun is still flat without heat 暑 (this sun is 90°-rotated 罒 over a person ), we are in the dawn.
JLPT no HSK
to bring together, to shovel a heap, to gather
cuō
Left: hand , right: most, extremely 最 (The sun takes/captures [with its shine] mostly the extreme. [to take = at the ear by hand ]
The hand captures sth. extreme, when bringing things together.
JLPT no HSK
dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
yàn
Left: earth , right: 匽 (frame , sun (here: simplified field ), woman )
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam.
JLPT no HSK
sunshine, to shine upon
huī
Left: sun , right: army, military (.. with covered camouflaged vehicles /車)
The sun has 'military power' by the: sunshine.
JLPT no HSK
to long for, yearn for, awaken
jǐng
Left: feelings , right: scenery, view (.. with the sun over the capital )
Feelings at this view: yearning and longing.
JLPT no HSK
aurora, first light of a day

Left: sun , right: emperor Fuxi / Fu Hsi (With sheep , rice plants , seeweed and halbards was: Fuxi)
The sun of Fu Hsi is the first light of the day.
JLPT no HSK
man of sixty or seventy

Top: old, experienced (old man as a sitting person ), bottom: sun
Image of an old man sitting in the sun (.. who gives instructions with the finger 指.)
JLPT no HSK
many, again and again, pile (i.e. of papers)

Top: water , bottom: day, sun
(Flowing) water and the days come again and again.
JLPT no HSK
quiet, peace, late
yàn
Top: sun , below: peaceful (A woman in the house makes it peaceful.)
The sun over the 'peaceful' emphasizes: quietness.
JLPT no HSK
vast and limitless, the vast sky
hào
Top: sun , bottom: sky, heaven
The sun and the heaven are: vast and limitless.

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