VocabularyHSK 3 · core

日

rì

day

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

今日是好日子。
Today's a good day.
日出。
Sunrise.

Collocations

今日日子日出

Mnemonic

日 rì "sun / day" — pictograph of the sun. Three senses: 1) sun (日出 sunrise), 2) day (日子 days, 今日 today), 3) abbreviation for Japan (日本). Cognate of Japanese 日 hi/nichi.

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