日

日 — day, sun, Japan

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 4
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #1 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: にち nichi

じつ jitsu
Kun'yomi: ひ hi

-び -bi

-か -ka

Example words

日本 nihon Japan

Words that use 日

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.