日 — sun/day

Grade 1 kanji · 4 strokes · on'yomi nichi · kun'yomi hi.

The sun — a rectangle with a line through the middle, like a window showing the blazing sun.

Example words

• 日本 — nihon — Japan
• 今日 — kyou — today
• 日曜日 — nichiyoubi — Sunday

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