What does the kanji 日 mean?

The kanji 日 (hi) means "day, sun, Japan, counter for days". It is a JLPT N5 character.

"hi" is written with the kanji 日, meaning "day, sun, Japan, counter for days". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) にち (nichi), じつ (jitsu), kunyomi (native Japanese) ひ (hi), び (bi), か (ka). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 日?

Write 日 ("day") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 日?

日 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) にち (nichi), じつ (jitsu), kunyomi (native Japanese) ひ (hi), び (bi), か (ka).

日“day” Kanjihi / nichi

JLPT N5

How to write 日

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Meaning and readings

Meaning

day, sun, Japan, counter for days

Onyomi (音読み)

にち nichi
じつ jitsu

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

ひ hi
-び -bi
-か -ka

Japanese reading

Practice 日 on paper — a printable tracing grid with stroke order

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Example sentences using 日

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

今日きょうはいろいろとありがとうございました。
Thank you very much for your hospitality today.
今日 (きょう)
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その日ひはあいにくの雨あめだった。
Unfortunately, it rained that day.
日 (ひ)
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メアリーは日本語にほんごが話はなせる。
Mary can speak Japanese.
日本語 (にほんご)
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