Radical Number

72

Core meaning

Day, Sun, Japan, Sunday

Character Properties

音読み方-Onyomikata for

にち, じつ

訓読み方-Kunyomikata for

ヒ, ービ, ーカ


Words you should know

日曜日(にちようび) Sunday

Notes

This character depicts the sun as it rises.

It appears as a radical in many other characters relating to time and light.

This is also the first kanji of 日本、which is the Japanese way of writing \"Japan\"


See also


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