IDENTITY
日rìsun; day
HSK 1Top 36
CORE MEANING
sun; day
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.sunHSK1
- 2.day (in compounds)HSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 日sun radical (rì)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- single pictograph
- IDS sequence
- 日
USAGE
Common words
生日shēngrìbirthday
日本RìběnJapan
日期rìqīdate
Graded examples
今天是星期日。Jīntiān shì xīngqīrì.HSK1
Today is Sunday.
RELATIONS
LEARNING
Memory aid
The sun with a line across — daylight.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #36
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
- Reviewed by
- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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