日

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with (Kangxi radical #73), which is generally wider and shorter.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/日
 * 𬽪, 𠯐, 𡉭, 𪥨, 𡥌, 𫴸, 𡯙, 𢁯, 抇, 汨, 𤝍, 阳, 𨑨, 𣏬, 𣬰, 𭴌, 𡯒, 𡯟, 𥎭, 𥘗, 衵, 𮇇, 𥿀, 𦨙, 蚎, 𧠗, 𧥵, 𧲥, 𧺝, 𧿭, 𡲉, 鈤, 䖑, 䫻(𫗇), 𩚣, 𫽰, 馹(驲), 䵒, 𪕈
 * 欥, 炚, 甠, 圼, 妟, 𢗭, 杲, 炅, 𭴋, 𤘵, 𦐇, 𧦊, 𧰮, 𣃸, 𦃙, 𧏒, 𨍯, 𠘗, 𡦬, 𠕌, 𫧍, 𪜌, 間(间), 𧗧
 * 㒲, 𠕾, 𠯭, 𡰶, 㞱, 𢎃, 䒤, 杳, 𣥜, 氜, 沓, 㸓, 者, 星, 𤵖, 香, 音, 亯, 𫂵, 耆, 𧖮, 景, 晃, 𡥨, 𡸱, 孴, 𢧋, 𡦏, 稥, 𦳜, 𪎗, 𮏥, 𪏰, 𡾡

Glyph origin
– the Sun. A dot or line was added in the centre to distinguish it from visually similar characters, e.g. (early form of ). Compare earlier forms of the character with the astronomical and astrological symbol for the Sun (☉) and the Egyptian hieroglyph.

Etymology 1
From. Cognate to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  Sun
 * 2) daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
 * 3) day; twenty-four hours
 * 4) everyday; daily; day-to-day
 * 5) day of the month
 * 6) some day; some other time
 * 7) former times; previous times; the past
 * 8) time; period; age
 * 9)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1) some day; some other time
 * 2) former times; previous times; the past
 * 3) time; period; age
 * 4)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of
 * 1)   the Middle Chinese initial of

Etymology 2
Essentially a substitute character for that preserves the expected modern pronunciation of 入; see the etymology there for more.

Definitions

 * 1)  to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with

Etymology 1
→

From.

Noun

 * : Sunday

Counter

 * 1) ordinal day of a month
 * 2) number of days
 * 1) number of days

Usage notes
Sometimes shortened to or.

Affix

 * 1) sun
 * 2) daytime, daylight
 * 3) day
 * 4)  Japan, Japanese, Nippo-
 * 5)  Hyūga Province

Etymology 2
→ →

From. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Affix

 * 1) sun
 * 2) day

Etymology 3
→ * → →

From, from.

Noun

 * 1) the sun
 * 2) sunlight, sunshine
 * 3) daytime, daylight
 * 4) a day
 * 5) time and date
 * 6) a daily something done every day
 * 7) the weather
 * 8) a usually unfortunate case, event, situation
 * 9) the times age, era, or time in the past
 * 10) an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day
 * 11) a  with a sun-shaped design
 * 1) a usually unfortunate case, event, situation
 * 2) the times age, era, or time in the past
 * 3) an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day
 * 4) a  with a sun-shaped design
 * 1) an auspicious or inauspicious aspect of a given day
 * 2) a  with a sun-shaped design
 * 1) a  with a sun-shaped design

Etymology 4
From.

Counter

 * 1) daytimes
 * 2) number of days

Etymology
From.

Usage notes
In news headlines, this is almost always written solely in the Hanja form, even in contemporary Korean text otherwise devoid of any Hanja.

Etymology 1
From.

Distinct from. See for details on  readings.

Noun

 * 1) the sun
 * 2) sunlight, sunshine
 * 3) daytime, daylight
 * 4) a day
 * 5) a reference to the imperial family or lineage, thought to be descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu

Etymology 2
Due to the irregularities in the derived terms, it has been speculated that the suffix was actually -uka.

Suffix

 * 1) daytimes
 * 2) number of days

Etymology 3
Apophonic form of ka above, possibly by the fusion of ancient nominal particle.

Noun

 * 1)  days
 * "ojp"
 * "ojp"

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