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日sun

sun. 4 strokes. 30 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning sunStrokes 4Characters 30

How to write 日

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Stroke order chart for the 日 radical — 4 strokes

What it tells you about a character

Of the 30 characters below, 15 are pictophonetic with 日 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 30 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 日 family

HSK 2 · 11

春chūn是shì时shí日rì明míng星xīng普pǔ晴qíng晚wǎn早zǎo晨chén

HSK 3 · 5

暖nuǎn景jǐng显xiǎn易yì旧jiù

HSK 4 · 5

暗àn映yìng晒shài暑shǔ智zhì

HSK 5 · 2

旦dàn暂zàn

HSK 6 · 7

暴bào昌chāng畅chàng昏hūn晓xiǎo旺wàng晕yūn

Words they appear in

春(chūn)天(tiān)spring (season)
一年当中万物复苏、天气转暖的季节
春(Chūn)节(jié)Lunar New Year
农历新年，是一年中最重要的传统节日
但(dàn)是(shì)however, but
表示语气较强的转折
当(dāng)时(shí)at that time, then
过去提到的那个时间点
节(jié)日(rì)holiday, festive day
全国上下一起庆祝的日子
可(kě)是(shì)but, however
用来连接意思相反的两句话
老(lǎo)是(shi)always, constantly
表示情况一直不变、反复发生
明(míng)星(xīng)star, celebrity
在某个领域表现突出、受人瞩目的人
那(nà)时(shí)at that time, then
指过去说话时提到的那个时间
那(nà)时(shí)候(hou)at that time, in those days
指过去提到的那一段时间
平(píng)时(shí)usually, ordinarily
指一般、平常的时候
普(pǔ)通(tōng)ordinary, common
平常、一般，没有特别之处
普(pǔ)通(tōng)话(huà)Mandarin, standard Chinese
中国通用的标准语言
晴(qíng)sunny, clear (sky)
天空没有云，阳光普照