曰

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/曰

Usage notes

 * Not to be confused with 日, which is generally slimmer and taller, and has a middle stroke that often extends to both sides in non- fonts. In some handwritten forms, the horizontal and vertical stroke at the upper left corner are not connected because of the glyph origin.

Glyph origin

 * a mouth with word or breath  coming out. Compare  and, where a small stroke is also used to represent words.

Etymology
Cognate with according to ; if so, it is from, whence 🇨🇬 (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1)  to say; to speak
 * 2)  to be called (the name of)
 * 1)  to be called (the name of)
 * 1)  to be called (the name of)

Kanji

 * 1) say

Usage notes
Named as to distinguish from the  kanji.

Etymology
From.