日
日 X65E5 is Unicode character number 26085, KanjiLiberal, Nichi.
日 can be pronounced as たち (nichi) or び ("bi") and mean sun or day.
日 has many pronunciations and meanings, and is easy to confuse with other characters.
日 is described at Wictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日
Nichi
日 X65E5 is easy to confuse with other Nichi; all the four Nichi have similar graphic representations:
In order to resolve the confusions, some programming is necessary.
The Utf8 encoding of each of the Nichi characters can be calculated by the PHP program du.t with command
php du.t ⽇⽈日曰
The output is
⽇⽈日曰
The array has 12 bytes; here is its splitting:
e2 bd 87 e2 bd 88 e6 97 a5 e6 9b b0
array(4) {
[0]=>
string(3) "⽇"
[1]=>
string(3) "⽈"
[2]=>
string(3) "日"
[3]=>
string(3) "曰"
}
Unicode character number 12103 id est, X2F47
Picture: ⽇ ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE2 xBD x87 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 189 135 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 12104 id est, X2F48
Picture: ⽈ ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE2 xBD x88 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 189 136 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 26085 id est, X65E5
Picture: 日 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE6 x97 xA5 in the hexadecimal representation and
230 151 165 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 26352 id est, X66F0
Picture: 曰 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE6 x9B xB0 in the hexadecimal representation and
230 155 176 in the decimal representation
For year 2021, kanji 日 X65E5 seems to be most popular among other Nichi.
Wiktionary
Character 日 X65E5 is described at Wictionary.
The Japanese version https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/日 [5] suggests the pronunciation and the semantics:
音読み
呉音: ニチ、ニッ
漢音: ジツ
訓読み
常用漢字表内
ひ、か
常用漢字表外
たち、す、こう、くさ、いる、あき、び、へ
(ひ、ニチ、ニッ)太陽。
日が昇る。日没
(ひ、ニッ)日光。日差し。
日に焼ける、日が差す、
(ひ、ニチ、ニッ、ジツ)地球が1周の自転をするのにかかる時間の単位。おもに平均太陽日。暦日。
半日
(ひ、ニチ、ニッ)太陽が観測できる時間帯。昼。
昼日中に、日中
(ひ、ニチ、ニッ、ジツ)特定の一日。
ひにち、祭日、日時
(ひ、ニチ、ニッ)日数。日々。
あれから日が経ったがまだ連絡がない。
日が浅い
The English version https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日 [6] suggests definitions:
日
(astronomy) Sun
daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
日班 ― rìbān ― day shift
Antonyms: 夜 (yè), 夜間/夜间 (yèjiān), 夜晚 (yèwǎn), 晚上 (wǎnshang)
day; twenty-four hours
everyday; daily; day-to-day
day of the month
三月四日 ― sān yuè sì rì ― March 4
Synonym: 號/号 (hào)
some day; some other time
former times; previous times; the past
time; period; age
Classifier for days.
Short for 日本 (Rìběn, “Japan; Japanese; Nippo-”):
中日詞典 / 中日词典 ― zhōngrì cídiǎn ― Chinese-Japanese dictionary
(Beijing, Jiaoliao Mandarin, Southwestern Mandarin, Central Plains Mandarin, Jianghuai Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with quotations ▼
狗日 ― gǒurì ― fucking
alt. forms: 入, 㒲, 肏
† Alternative form of 二 (èr, “two”).
(obsolete) Short for 日斯巴尼亞/日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà, “Spain”).
(~母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日 (MC ȵiɪt̚)
The synonyms are suggested:
太陽 (“sun”)
白天 (“daytime”)
天 (“day (24 hours)”)
肏 (“to fuck; to have sex with”)
For year 2021, the same description (by the "redirect"), is suggested by the English Wictionary for character ⽇ X2F47, silently assuming, that these two characters mean the same.
Phonetic
日 has two main ways of pronunciation: ひ (hi) and にち (nichi).
Kotobabk
https://kotobank.jp/word/日-109713 日(読み)ヒ デジタル大辞泉「日」の解説
ひ【日】
1 (「陽」とも書く)
㋐太陽。日輪。おひさま。「日が昇る」「日が沈む」「日が傾く」
㋑太陽の光線。日ざし。日光。「日がさす」「日に干す」「日に焼ける」
2 日の出から日没までの間。ひるま。「日が長くなる」「日が暮れる」
3 地球が1回自転する間。二十四時間。一昼夜。「日に八時間働く」
4 日数。ひにち。「転居してまだ日が浅い」「日がたつ」
..
にち【日】[漢字項目] [音]ニチ(呉) ジツ(漢) [訓]ひ か [学習漢字]1年 〈ニチ〉 1 太陽。「日光・日食・日没・日輪」 2 昼間。「日中・日暮・日夜」 ..
Examples
週: use with 曜
Character 日 often appear after kanji 曜 (and sometimes also before it):
Key | Kanji | Hiragana | Romanji | English | meaning/mnenonic |
月 | 月曜日 | げつようび | getsuyoubi | Monday | Beginning |
火 | 火曜日 | かようび | kayoubi | Tuesday | Fire |
水 | 水曜日 | すいようび | Suiyoubi | Wednesday | Water |
木 | 木曜日 | もくようび | mokuyoubi | Thursday | Tree |
金 | 金曜日 | きんようび | kinyoubi | Friday | Gold |
土 | 土曜日 | どようび | doyoubi | Saturday | Ground |
日 | 日曜日 | にちようび | nichiyoubi | Sunday | Enjoy, relax |
In the last line of the table, character 日 appears twice. First, it is pronounced as にち (nichi), and then, as び ("bi").
Confusion
References
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F47 ⽇ 2F47 KANGXI RADICAL SUN Han Script id: allowed confuse: 日
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F48 ⽈ 2F48 KANGXI RADICAL SAY Han Script id: allowed confuse: 曰
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=65E5 日 65E5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E5 Han Script id: restricted confuse: ⽇
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=66F0 曰 66F0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66F0 Han Script id: restricted confuse: ⽈
- ↑ https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/日音読み 呉音: ニチ、ニッ 漢音: ジツ 訓読み 常用漢字表内 ひ、か 常用漢字表外 たち、す、こう、くさ、いる、あき、び、へ 名詞[編集] (ひ、ニチ、ニッ)太陽。 日が昇る。日没 (ひ、ニッ)日光。日差し。 日に焼ける、日が差す、 (ひ、ニチ、ニッ、ジツ)地球が1周の自転をするのにかかる時間の単位。おもに平均太陽日。暦日。 半日 (ひ、ニチ、ニッ)太陽が観測できる時間帯。昼。 昼日中に、日中 (ひ、ニチ、ニッ、ジツ)特定の一日。 ひにち、祭日、日時 (ひ、ニチ、ニッ)日数。日々。 あれから日が経ったがまだ連絡がない。 日が浅い
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/日 See also: EI, El, 曰, 臼, 白, 冃, 티 and 𐌇
Keywords
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