The story of 日

sun, day

日 is the picture of the sun, a spot is added in the middle to avoid mixing up with 口(mouth). In addition, 日 also means day. This is because China was an agricultural country, Chinese people used to work at daytime, sunrise was seen as the beginning of the work.

Vocabulary of 日

  • 日出 (sunrise)
  • 日落 (sunset)
  • 第一日 (the first day)
  • 昨日 (yesterday)
  • 翌日 (the next day)

Classification

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