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日 Day, Sun, Japan, Counter For Days

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

にち、じつ

Mostly used when 日 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

ひ、-び、-か

Mostly used when 日 stands alone.

Strokes
4
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary year 1
Frequency
#1

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).