漢字城 Kanji Fortress

日 day

Also: sun

On'yomi
ニチ、ジツ
Kun'yomi
ひ、か
Strokes
4
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
日 is written in 4 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A simple box with a line through the middle — a window split by the horizon, with the sun rising through it to start a new day.

A common word

  • 毎日 まいにち every day

Example sentences

  • にちようびはやすみです。

    Sunday is my day off.

  • きょうはいいてんきですね。

    The weather is nice today, isn't it?

Don't confuse it with

  • 白 white
  • 旧 old N3
  • 由 wherefore N3
  • 申 have the honor to N3