sun

Origin & mnemonic

This radical is a pictograph of the sun, drawn as a circle or square with a dot or point in the center. In oracle-bone script and seal script, this shape was simplified to a plain square frame as seen in modern form.

Mnemonic: The simple square frame ⽇ resembles the sun encircled or enclosed, easy to remember as it directly depicts the sun's image.

• 日rì🔊

  (bound form) sun

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 旧jiù🔊

  old

  HSK 3

  5 strokes

• 旦dàn🔊

  (literary) dawn; daybreak

  5 strokes

• 早zǎo🔊

  early

  HSK 1

  6 strokes

• 旨zhǐ🔊

  imperial decree

  6 strokes

• 旪xié🔊

  old variant of 協|协[xie2]

  6 strokes

• 旬xún🔊

  (bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])

  6 strokes

• 旭xù🔊

  dawn

  6 strokes

• 旮gā🔊

  used in 旮旯[ga1 la2]

  6 strokes

• 旯lá🔊

  used in 旮旯[ga1 la2]

  6 strokes

• 时shí🔊

  o'clock

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 旱hàn🔊

  drought

  HSK 7

  7 strokes

• 旰gàn🔊

  sunset

  7 strokes

• 旴xū🔊

  dawn

  7 strokes

• 旵chǎn🔊

  (literary) (of sunlight) to beam down

  7 strokes

• 旷kuàng🔊

  to neglect

  7 strokes

• 旸yáng🔊

  rising sun

  7 strokes

• 明míng🔊

  bright

  8 strokes

• 昂áng🔊

  to lift

  8 strokes

• 昏hūn🔊

  muddle-headed

  HSK 6

  8 strokes

• 易yì🔊

  easy

  8 strokes

• 昆kūn🔊

  variant of 崑|昆[kun1]

  8 strokes

• 旺wàng🔊

  prosperous

  HSK 7

  8 strokes

• 昌chāng🔊

  (bound form) prosperous; flourishing

  8 strokes

• 昇shēng🔊

  (used as a surname and in given names)

  8 strokes

• 旻mín🔊

  heaven

  8 strokes

• 旼mín🔊

  gentle and affable

  8 strokes

• 旽tūn🔊

  morning sun, sunrise

  8 strokes

• 昀yún🔊

  sun light

  8 strokes

• 昃zè🔊

  afternoon

  8 strokes

• 昄bǎn🔊

  great

  8 strokes

• 昉fǎng🔊

  dawn

  8 strokes

• 昊hào🔊

  vast and limitless

  8 strokes

• 昑qǐn🔊

  bright

  8 strokes

• 昒hū🔊

  daybreak

  8 strokes

• 昔xī🔊

  former times

  8 strokes

• 昕xīn🔊

  dawn

  8 strokes

• 昙tán🔊

  dark clouds

  8 strokes

• 畅chàng🔊

  free

  8 strokes

• 𬀩wěi🔊

  the bright shining of the sun

  8 strokes

• 𬀪xiàn🔊

  to appear (of sun)

  8 strokes

• 是shì🔊

  variant of 是[shi4]

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 星xīng🔊

  star

  9 strokes

• 春chūn🔊

  old variant of 春[chun1]

  9 strokes

• 昵nì🔊

  variant of 暱|昵[ni4]

  9 strokes

• 显xiǎn🔊

  to make visible

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 映yìng🔊

  (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

  HSK 7

  9 strokes

• 昧mèi🔊

  to conceal

  9 strokes