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Definition
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sun
日已西斜。The sun declined towards the West.
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day
日日夜夜Day and night一年三百六十五日。There are 365 days in a year.
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date (of the month)
昨天是8月9日。Yesterday was August 9th.
- radical (Kang Xi 72)
- meaning component (sun, light, time...)
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date
週日Sunday
日 is also a meaning component
Learn more about 日 as a component in other characters: 日 the meaning component
Compounds (175)
can; will; to be able to (by learning); to be good (at); to be skilful (in); to know; to understand; to be sure (to); to grasp; to get together; to assemble; to meet; meeting; gathering; to see (someone); to pay a bill
person (who); (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; graphic component (often seen in other characters); (used after a number or 後 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
white; meaning and phonetic component (white, bright and extended meanings derived from that); radical (Kang Xi 106); pure
among; between; space in between; (within a) definite space; (within a) definite time; room; section of a room; lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier (for rooms); measure word
bright; light; brilliant; clear (of meaning); to understand; to comprehend; to know; next; public; open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
fragrant; aromatic; perfume; sweet smelling; savory; spice; radical (Kang Xi 186); appetizing; (to eat) with relish; sound (of sleep)
sound; graphic and meaning component (sound, music...); radical (Kang Xi 180); noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
to substitute for; to decline (literary); to take the place of; to replace; to stand in for; for; on behalf of
to shine on (of the sun) ; to bask in (the sunshine); to dry (clothes, grain etc in the sun); to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts on the Web - loanword from "share" - fig.); to give the cold shoulder to (coll.)
to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; to retaliate; to carry out; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate
to extend; year of the Monkey; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch (3-5 p.m., 7th solar month [7th August-7th September]); ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
dawn; morning; daybreak; day; dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
wine; meaning component (alcohol, liquors, foods or other stemming from fermentation); radical (Kang Xi 164); wine vessel; 10th earthly branch (5-7 p.m., 8th solar month [8th September-7th October]); year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
Related words (201)
to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day
the sun and moon shine once more; (fig.) things get back to normal after an upheaval
third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)
aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic orbit to the sun; opposite: perihelion 近日點; higher apsis
part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
Idioms (45)
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom); daily change; rapid change; change rapidly; rapid progress; every day sees new developments
scorched and drenched by sun and rain (idiom); suffer from exposure to the elements; weather-beaten
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end; (fig.) time of decline; the end of an era; Sic transit gloria mundi
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom); skulduggery; to hoodwink people; to cheat sb audaciously
the full light of day (idiom); The sun lightens up the sky (idiom used for peaceful times); the light of day; in the open day; (fig.) peace and prosperity; in broad daylight
(lit.) to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy; time crawls when one is wretched
(idiom) up to the present; even now; now (in contrast with the past); at this late hour
(lit.) chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom); (fig.) outdated; thing of the past; dead letter
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later; We'll cross that bridge when we get there
rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse; deteriorating day by day
reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
(lit.) hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
(lit.) mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
(lit.) mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom); early morning is the golden time of the day
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom); to regret vainly one's past behavior
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