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Kanji Information Sheet for 日 ( 
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| English: day sun Japan | On-Yomi: ニチ ジツ | Kun-Yomi: ひ -び -か あ あき いる く くさ こう す たち に にっ につ へ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 日 (にち) – sun
Henshall Mnemonic: sun with spot
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #1 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #1 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 四日 [よっか]
(n) (1) 4th day of month; (2) four days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一日 [いちにち]
(n) (1) one day; (2) first of month [K] [D] [Jisho] - 金曜日 [きんようび]
(n-adv,n) Friday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一日 [ついたち]
(n) (1) first of month [K] [D] [Jisho] - 木曜日 [もくようび]
(n-adv,n) Thursday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 昨日 [きのう]
(n-adv,n-t) yesterday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一昨日 [おととい]
(n-adv,n-t) day before yesterday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 火曜日 [かようび]
(n-adv,n) Tuesday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明後日 [あさって]
(n-adv,n-t) day after tomorrow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 三日 [みっか]
(n) three days; the third day (of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十日 [はつか]
(n) twenty days; twentieth (day of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明日 [あした]
(n-t) tomorrow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明日 [あす]
(n-t) tomorrow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 月曜日 [げつようび]
(n-adv,n) Monday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 今日 [きょう]
(n-t) today; this day [K] [D] [Jisho] - 土曜日 [どようび]
(n-adv,n) Saturday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 五日 [いつか]
(n) five days; the fifth day (of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日曜日 [にちようび]
(n-adv,n) Sunday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 九日 [ここのか]
nine days; the ninth day (of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誕生日 [たんじょうび]
(n) birthday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 七日 [なのか]
(n-adv) seven days; the seventh day (of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 八日 [ようか]
(n) eight days; the eighth (day of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二日 [ふつか]
(n) second day of the month; two days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 毎日 [まいにち]
(n-adv,n-t) every day [K] [D] [Jisho] - 水曜日 [すいようび]
(n-adv,n) Wednesday [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 命日 [めいにち]
(n) death anniversary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 近日 [きんじつ]
(n-adv,n-t) soon; in a few days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 三十日 [みそか]
(n) last day of month [K] [D] [Jisho] - 前日 [ぜんじつ]
(n-adv,n-t) previous day; the day before [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一日中 [いちにちじゅう]
(n) throughout the day [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日付け [ひづけ]
(n) date; dating [K] [D] [Jisho] - 訪日 [ほうにち]
(n) visit to Japan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 両日 [りょうじつ]
(n-t) both days; two days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 昨日 [さくじつ]
(n-adv,n-t) yesterday [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大晦日 [おおみそか]
(n-t) New Year's Eve [K] [D] [Jisho] - 幾日 [いくにち]
(n) how many days?; what day (of month)? [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日米 [にちべい]
Japan-America [K] [D] [Jisho] - 明くる日 [あくるひ]
(n-adv,n-t) next day; following day [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日暮れ [ひぐれ]
(n) twilight; sunset; dusk; evening [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日報 [にっぽう]
(n) daily report [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日没 [にちぼつ]
(n) sunset [K] [D] [Jisho] - 年月日 [ねんがっぴ]
(n) date [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本一 [にっぽんいち]
(n) Japan's best; number one in Japan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本画 [にほんが]
(n) Japanese paintings [K] [D] [Jisho] - 中日 [ちゅうにち]
(n) China and Japan; the middle day; the equinoctial day [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本海 [にほんかい]
(n) Sea of Japan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全日 [ぜんじつ]
(n-adv,n-t) all days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全日空 [ぜんにっくう]
(n) All Nippon Airways (ANA) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 全日制 [ぜんにちせい]
(n) the full-day (school system) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 日本学術会議 [にほんがくじゅつかいぎ]
(n) Science Council of Japan [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.