HSK 2 · Time

日 rì “day” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 日 means

  1. day, sun
  2. (bound form) sun
  3. day of the month
  4. (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本)

How to say 日

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale日rì4th tone, falling

日 in a sentence

  1. 我在本周日上班。

    Wǒ zài běn zhōurì shàngbān.

    I’m working this Sunday.

    Sentence #6080284 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我正好上个星期日有空。

    Wǒ zhènghǎo shàng ge xīngqīrì yǒu kòng.

    I happened to be free last Sunday.

    Sentence #5149842 from Tatoeba

  3. 星期二是世界健康日。

    Xīngqī'èr shì shìjiè jiànkāng rì.

    Tuesday is World Health Day.

    Sentence #9956081 from Tatoeba

How 日 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 日 (rì) with each of its parts in a different colour
日rìsun
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidDrawn from the sun.

How to write 日

日 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

日 (rì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 日 (rì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 日

Words with 日

星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday生日shēngrì · birthday节日jiérì · holiday工作日gōngzuòrì · working day日记rìjì · diary日历rìlì · calendar日期rìqī · date日子rìzi · day日程rìchéng · schedule日常rìcháng · day-to-day

More words: Time

现在xiànzài · now点diǎn · o’clock分钟fēnzhōng · minute去年qùnián · last year生日shēngrì · birthday小时xiǎoshí · hour早上zǎoshang · morning晚上wǎnshang · evening

FAQs

日 (rì) means “day, sun” or “(bound form) sun”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it rì: rì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 日 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ri with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 日 from the suggestions. Typing ri into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
日 is an HSK 2 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.