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日

rì

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What 日 means

1. bound formsun
2. day
3. day of the month
4. bound formJapan (abbr. for {日本|Rì běn})
5. vulgarto fuck; to have sex with

Example sentences

• 周日见！
  See you on Sunday!
• 生日同乐！
  Shēngrì tónglè!
  Let's have a good birthday celebration!
• 50日元。
  It's 50 yen.
• 生日快乐！
  Happy birthday to you!
• 日元涨了。
  The Japanese yen appreciated.
• 早日康复。
  I hope you'll recover quickly.

Words starting with 日

• 日本Rì běnJapan
• 日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date; days of one's life
• 日记rì jìdiary
• 日期rì qīdate
• 日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
• 日程rì chéngschedule; itinerary
• 日历rì lìcalendar
• 日用品rì yòng pǐnarticles for daily use
• 日益rì yìday by day; more and more; increasingly
• 日新月异rì xīn yuè yìdaily renewal, monthly change (idiom); every day sees new developments; rapid progress
• 日本人Rì běn rénJapanese person
• 日语Rì yǔJapanese language
• 日元rì yuányen (currency of Japan)
• 日前rì qiánthe other day; a few days ago
• 日报rì bàodaily newspaper
• 日军Rì jūnJapanese army; Japanese troops
• 日后rì hòusometime; someday (in the future)
• 日志rì zhìjournal; log (computing)
• 日出rì chūsunrise
• 日文Rì wénJapanese (language)
• 日夜rì yèday and night; around the clock
• 日内rì nèiin a few days; one of these days
• 日渐rì jiànto progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing…
• 日月rì yuèthe sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month

Words containing 日

• 生日shēng rìbirthday
• 节日jié rìholiday; festival
• 昔日xī rìformer days; in the past
• 与日俱增yǔ rì jù zēngto increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
• 今日jīn rìtoday
• 每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
• 昨日zuó rìyesterday
• 星期日Xīng qī rìSunday
• 近日jìn rì(in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days
• 平日píng rìordinary day; everyday; ordinarily
• 抗日kàng Rìto resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
• 次日cì rìnext day; the morrow
• 周日zhōu rì(dialect) weekday
• 当日dàng rìthat very day; the same day
• 人民日报Rén mín Rì bàoPeople's Daily (PRC newspaper)
• 早日zǎo rìsoon; at an early date; the early days; the past
• 明日míng rìtomorrow
• 夏日xià rìsummertime
• 往日wǎng rìformer days; the past
• 过日子guò rì zito live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along
• 假日jià rìa holiday; a day off
• 抗日战争Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
• 冬日dōng rìwintertime
• 节假日jié jià rìpublic holiday

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 只zhǐonly; merely; just
• 吉jílucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
• 石shírock; stone; stone inscription
• 咨zī(bound form) to consult; to seek advice; to take counsel
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 吸xīto breathe; to suck in; to absorb
• 启qǐto open; to start; to initiate

Characters that look like 日

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 曰yuēto speak; to say
• 目mùeye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 贝bèicowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…
• 刍chúto mow or cut grass; hay; straw

Sounds the same

Read rì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 氜old name for 氦
• 驲horse for relaying dispatches
• 鈤archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 锗
• 囸old variant of 日