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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Rì | Ri4
English translation
abbr. for 日本 Rì běn [Rì běn], Japan
sun
day
date, day of the month
sun; day; daytime

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

453

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

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The sun

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

口一

Explanation

Pictograph of the sun.

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作为 zuòwéi 计时器 jì shí qì , lòu de 使用 shǐyòng 日晷 rì guǐ Shǐ wéi 普遍 pǔbiàn .

Many ancient Chinese men of letters left behind beautiful verses about the clepsydra.

我们 wǒmen 注意 zhùyì dào Fāng 上述 shàng shù 标题 biāotí xià de 八月 Bā yuè 五日来信 lái xìn .

We have noted your letter of August 5 under the above caption.

一年 zhī 在于 zàiyú chūn , 一日之计在于 chén .

Make your whole year's plans in spring, and your day's plan early in the morning.

měi 星期日 Xīng qī rì 不论 bù lùn qíng dōu huì 教堂 jiào táng zuò 礼拜 lǐ bài .

Rain or shine, I go to church every Sunday.

只好 zhǐhǎo 靠着 Jiào 夜校 yè xiào de 收入 shōurù jiāng jiù 度日 dù rì .

He will have made do with his take from the night school.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sun
生日 shēngrì birthday生日 shēngrì
日子 rìzi day日子 rìzi
日本 Rì běn Japan日本 Rì běn
昨日 zuó rì yesterday昨日 zuó rì
今日 jīn rì today今日 jīn rì
节日 jiérì holiday節日
日记 rìjì diary日記
日期 rìqī date日期 rìqī
近日 jìn rì recently近日 jìn rì
末日 Mò rì end末日 Mò rì
周日 Zhōu rì Sunday週日
日常 rìcháng daily日常 rìcháng
每日 měi rì daily每日 měi rì
日落 rì luò sundown日落 rì luò
纪念日 jì niàn rì memorial day紀念日
日程 rìchéng schedule日程 rìchéng
日益 rìyì day by day日益 rìyì
生日快乐 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday生日快樂
当日 dāng rì that very day當日
日志 rì zhì journal日誌
假日 jià rì holiday假日 jià rì
早日 zǎo rì soon早日 zǎo rì
过日子 guò rì zi to live one's life過日子

Decomposition & Compounds

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Compounds

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    • shì
      • , , shī , , , , , , wěi , shí , shí , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , wěi ,
    • shí
    • Míng
      • méng
      • méng
      • wěng , , , ,
    • jiān
    • zhě
      • dōu
      • zhū
      • zhù
        • chú , , ,
      • shǔ
        • ,
      • Zhū
      • shǔ
        • ,
      • shē
        • , ,
      • zhù
        • zhù
      • zhū
        • zhū , chǔ , ,
      • zhū
        • zhū , ,
      • , , , zhǔ , , zhǔ , zhě , zhě , zhě , , chǔ , , chǔ , , zhù , chǔ , , zhǔ , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Bái
      • de
        • ,
      • yuán
        • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
      • pāi
      • Bǎi
        • bǎi
          • 宿
            • suō , xu , suō , , suō , ,
        • shì
        • , , bǎi kè , fēng , bǎi wǎ , bǎi , bǎi mǐ , , , , , , , ,
      • Huáng
        • huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huǎng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • bǎi
      • quán
        • xiàn , xún , quán , , , , , xiàn , , , , ,
      • dōu
      • jiē
        • xié , xié , kǎi , kāi , jiē , xié , jiē , jiē , kǎi , xié , , , , , , , kǎi , , ,
      • zào
        • zào , zào ,
      • hào
        • hào
        • 綿 mián
          • , ,
        • mián , jǐn , mián , , , bāng , 淿, , jǐn
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
        • yào ,
          • gài ,
        • qīng , jiù , ,
      • zào
      • mào
      • jiǎo
        • , yāo , jiǎo , jiǎo , jiào , , jiǎo , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , ,
        • yào , , , , , , , shuò , , , , , , shuò ,
        • gāo , , ,
        • xīng , jiào
        • zhě , , zhé , , , , , , shè , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , guī , , ái , , jiǎo , , , , , , é , wǎn , qiàn , hào , , jiǎo , , piǎo , jiào , , , , , , , , qié , , , , , , , ái , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , ,
    • zǎo
      • Cháo
      • Zhāng
        • gàn
        • gàn
        • zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , zhāng , zhàng , zhāng , zhāng , , , , , , , 騿,
      • hàn
        • ,
      • tán
        • tán , tán , xùn , tán , dǎn , qián , Shěn , diàn , tǎn , diàn , tǎn , tán , chán , tán , , , , , tán , , tán ,
      • gàn
      • cǎo , hán , , hán , gàn , hàn , chuò , hàn , gān ,
    • xīng
      • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
    • yīn
      • zhī
        • zhí
        • zhí , , zhì , , chì , zhī , , , shí ,
      • xīn
        • hèn ,
      • àn , yùn , àn , ān , sháo , xūn , , yīn , xiǎng , yīn , ǎn , yīn , ān , huáng , yīng , , , , yáo , , , , ān , , , , , yùn , , , , ān
        • ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shì , , ,
    • xiǎn
      • 湿 shī , xiǎn
    • zuó
    • mào
      • mào , , mào , mào , mào , mào , fèng , , ,
    • xiāng
      • xīn , , , fēi , yǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • Bào
      • bào , , bào , bào , , , , , ,
    • zhì
    • Jǐng
      • yǐng , jǐng , jǐng , jǐng , , , , ,
    • dàn
    • jiù
      • dào , ér , yàn , xiàn
    • chén
    • chūn
      • chǔn , 椿 chūn , chūn , , , , , , , chūn , , , , , , , chūn
    • hūn
      • hūn , mín , hūn , hūn , mín , mín , , hūn , , , , , , , , ,
    • huǎng
      • huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , , ,
    • Jìn
    • jīng
      • xīng , shēn , , , ,
    • shài
    • kūn
      • kūn
        • kūn
      • hún , gùn , hún , , kūn , gǔn , kūn , hùn , kūn , kūn , gǔn , kūn , kūn , kūn , kūn , , , , , , , , , gǔn , , , gǔn , kūn , hún , kūn , kūn
    • shǔ
      • ,
    • míng
      • míng , míng , , míng , míng , míng , míng , míng , , , , , , , ,
    • Zhuó
      • diào , zhào , dào , chuò , nào , zhuō , zhào , chuò , zhào , chāo , chuō , zhào , , , chuò , ,
    • zhǐ
      • zhǐ , zhī , , zhǐ , , , , zhǐ , , cháng , , , ,
      • cuò
      • Cuò , jiè , liè , , , , , què , zhuó , cuò , cuò , jiè , , cuò , , , què , , , , , , , , , , , , cuò , què
    • Chāng
      • chàng , chāng , chàng , chāng , chāng , chēng , chāng , chàng , chāng , chāng , , , , , , , chāng , chāng
    • zhāo
    • hàn
      • hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , hàn , gān , hàn , , , , gān , , , gǎn , , gǎn , hàn
    • hào
    • xún
      • xún
      • sǔn
        • xún
      • xún , xùn , xuàn , xún , huán , xùn , xùn , xún , qióng , xún , xún , xún , xuàn , 迿 xùn , jūn , , , , , , xuàn , xún , , ,
      • , , , , , ,
    • gèn
      • Xuān
        • xuān , xuān , xuàn , xuàn , xuān , xuān , xuān , xuān , xuān , xuān , xuān , , , , , , , , xuān ,
      • Héng
        • , ,
      • yuán , huán , héng , xuǎn , xuān , huán , xuǎn , huán , huán , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , ,
    • dōng
      • chén
        • chén ,
      • liàn , Dōng , dōng , , jiàn , liàn , , dòng , , , , dòng , , liàn , dòng , , , dōng
    • mín
      • mín , wén ,
      • shì , , , shī , zhī , zhī , , ,
    • jiān
      • xiàn , xián , jiàn , jiàn , jiān , , , jiàn , jiǎn , , , , ,
    • yàn
      • yǎn , yàn , ,
    • shí
      • shí , , , , , shí
    • gàn
    • yáng
      • tāng
        • dàng , tàng , , dàng , dàng ,
      • yáng
      • yáng
      • , táng , dàng , shāng , táng , , shāng , chǎng , cháng , , , , yáng , , , , chàng , shāng , , yáng , , , , , , cháng , , , , shāng , , , dàng , , , , ,
    • zǎn
      • zuàn , zān , ,
    • gǎo
      • zhuō
      • ,
    • niè
    • yàn
      • yǎn
        • , yǎn , yàn , yǎn , yǎn , yǎn , , , , , , , yǎn
      • yàn
    • tái
      • chūn
    • shēng
      • , , 鵿
      • liào
        • liáo
          • liáo , , ,
        • liáo , lǎo , liāo , liǎo , liáo , liào , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liǎo , liáo , liáo , liāo , lǎo , , , , , , liáo , , , liáo , liáo , liào , ,
      • liáo
      • jiǒng
    • hūn
      • mǐn , mín , mín , , , ,
    • wēn
      • Wēn , yùn , wēn , wěn , yūn , ǎo , yūn , , wēn , wēn , yùn , yùn , wēn , wēn , yùn , , , ,
    • jìn
      • jìn , jìn , , , , , jìn
    • tán
      • tán
      • yàn
        • , , , , , , 檿, , yàn , yǎn ,
    • hào
    • xiǎn
    • wǎn , àn , yáng , zàn , xiǎo , yūn , nuǎn , áng , hòu , yìng , wàng , mèi , , , qíng , kuàng , , , , xiá , , liàng , ài , huì , , shǔ , xiān , , , xuān , yǎo , chéng , , tán , , guǐ , , huī , , xiǎo , , liáo , mǎo , , , shǎng , , míng , zàn ,
    • jǐng , , , mèn , tūn , , jiē , , xié , , yáng , mín , yún , , bǎn , fǎng , qǐn , , xīn , bǐng , xuàn , līng , hào , dié , chǎng , bǐng , áng , lóng , cháo , huǎng , xuān , xiǎng , hán , , kūn , , zhé , Wǎn , wǎn , zuì , chēng , xiǎo , , mǐn , kuí , , , nán , jiǎn ,
    • gǎo , wěng , , zhāng , hàn , tūn , , tóng , Zhào , , méng , xūn , yào , nǎng , , yáng , , , jiǒng , , , , , , xiǎn , , nún , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , yūn , huī , , , qíng , , , , , , jiǎo , , , ,
    • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jiǎo , bào , , , ài , , , kuàng , , , , , , , , , shài , , , , 楿, , , , shī , , , ,
    • , , , , cán , , , , ,
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