日 rì sun; day
Similar looking characters : 白 bái (bright) 曰 yuē (to speak)
Made with 4 strokes.
picture of sun with a central eye
Ancient small seal form 
Radical
Index 72 used in: 白 bái (bright) ; 曾 céng (once) ; 昌 chāng (prosperous) ; 春 chūn (spring) ; 旦 dàn (dawn) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 间 jiàn (gap) ; 间 jiān (between) ; 景 jǐng (bright) ; 旧 jiù (old) ; 明 míng (bright) ; 莫 mò (do not) ; 普 pǔ (general) ; 晴 qíng (clear sky) ; 是 shì (is) ; 时 shí (time) ; 暑 shǔ (heat) ; 晚 wǎn (evening) ; 香 xiāng (fragrant) ; 星 xīng (star) ; 阳 yáng (yang) ; 易 yì (easy) ; 音 yīn (sound) ; 影 yǐng (picture) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 照 zhào (according to) ; 者 zhě (in process of) ; 桌 zhuō (table) ; 最 zuì (most) ; 昨 zuó (previous)Pronunciation
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Cities
日照 Rizhao, ShandongProverbs
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒 bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yí rì zhī hán It takes time to achieve satisfactory results常将有日思无日,莫将无时想有时 cháng jiāng yǒu rì sī wú rì, mò jiāng wú shí xiǎng yǒu shí When rich, you have time to dream, but do not dream of riches when you are poor
度日如年 dù rì rú nián Time seems to pass very slowly
今日事,今日毕 jīn rì shì, jīn rì bì Finish the current job before starting something new
来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng There is adequate time to achieve your desires
日以继夜 rì yǐ jì yè Working without a break. Exhausted