日
부수: 日
획수: 4획
日 has the meanings sun, day, daily and Japan.
日 = 日
X = semantic
• 日 depicts the sun and from this comes the meanings ‘sun’ and ‘day’.
The outer box of 日 represents the shape of the sun. The line through the centre is suggested to be a distinguishing mark used to prevent the character from appearing as an abstract shape.
Evolution:
日 = sun ➔ day ➔ daily
日 = sun ➔ day ➔ season
日 = sun ➔ Japan
Mnemonic
日 looks like a single hung window frame.
Imagine a window enabling the daylight to shine into a room.
Vocab
| 日沒 | 일몰 | sunset |
| 日光 | 일광 | sunlight |
| 遮日 | 차일 | sunshade |
| 日射病 | 일사병 | sunstroke |
| 日蝕/日食 | 일식 | solar eclipse |
| 曜日 | 요일 | day of the week |
| 來日 | 내일 | tomorrow |
| 每日 | 매일 | every day |
| 終日 | 종일 | the whole day |
| 生日 | 생일 | birthday |
| 平日 | 평일 | weekday |
| 週日 | 주일 | week |
| 日程 | 일정 | schedule |
| 休日 | 휴일 | holiday |
| 當日 | 당일 | the day in question |
| 日曜日 | 일요일 | Sunday |
| 公休日 | 공휴일 | public holiday |
| 記念日 | 기념일 | anniversary |
| 日記 | 일기 | diary; journal |
| 日常 | 일상 | every day |
| 日課 | 일과 | daily lesson |
| 日本 | 일본 | Japan |
| 日食 | 일식 | Japanese food |
| 日帝 | 일제 | the Japanese Empire |
| 在日 | 재일 | residing in Japan |
| 對日 | 대일 | being connected with Japan |
| 親日派 | 친일파 | pro-Japanese collaborators |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 日].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 95]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 日].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 66]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.