日 (rì)

sun; day; date; abbreviation for Japan

How 日 is written

Strokes
4
Traditional
日
Simplified
日 (unchanged)

Common words using 日

今日 jīnrì
today
日子 rìzi
day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
生日 shēngrì
birthday; CL:個|个[ge4]
假日 jiàrì
holiday; non-working day
即日 jírì
this or that very day; in the next few days
向日葵 xiàngrìkuí
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
夏日 xiàrì
summertime
工作日 gōngzuòrì
workday; working day; weekday
平日 píngrì
ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily
往日 wǎngrì
in former days
成日 chéngrì
all day long; the whole day; the whole time
日出 rìchū
sunrise

日 in a sentence

最近的日子過得很忙碌。

Zuìjìn de rìzi guò de hěn mánglù.

“Life has been very busy recently.”

How common is 日?

日 is the 101st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 42% of all running text.

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