Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
日 day, sun
- Meaning
- day, sun
- On reading
- ニチ・ジツ
- Kun reading
- ひ・か
Memory hook
A rectangle with a line across the middle: the sun with a spot in it. Sun, and so also day. ニチ or ジツ in compounds, ひ or か on its own. It has more readings than almost any other kanji.
Words that use 日
日本
にほん
Japan
日曜日
にちようび
Sunday
How to write 日
Stroke order · 4 strokes
1
2
3
4
- 1. The vertical on the left.
- 2. Horizontal across the top, then turn down on the right side.
- 3. The horizontal across the middle.
- 4. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
日 is taught on day 5 of the kanji course, alongside 月 火 水, with two writing passes and a short quiz.