The Japanese kanji for sun: 日
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The kanji for sun: 日
A sun. 日本 (Nihon) is 'origin of the sun' — Japan.
日
- Meaning
- sun; day
- Kun reading
- hi (Japanese)
- On reading
- NICHI · JITSU (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 4
書き順Stroke order
日 is written in 4 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 日本 | Nihon | Japan, the origin of the sun |
| 毎日 | mainichi | every day |
敬意Wearing it
Sun or day. On its own it's very plain and can look like a calendar mark, so it works best as part of a design.
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