⽇

sun

rì (ri4)

Radical no. 72 · 4 strokes (第 72 部首 · 4 画 dì 72 bùshǒu · 4 huà)

Radical ⽇ (rì) — meaning: sun, 4 strokes.

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.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

90 characters

Stroke count

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  • 暮mù

    evening

    14 strokes

  • 暨jì

    (literary) and; as well as

    14 strokes

  • 㬎xiǎn

    old variant of 顯|显[xian3]

    14 strokes

  • 暜pǔ

    old variant of 普[pu3]

    14 strokes

  • 暝míng

    dark

    14 strokes

  • 暞jiǎo

    old variant of 曒[jiao3]

    14 strokes

  • 暠gǎo

    bright

    14 strokes

  • 暡wěng

    used in 暡曚[weng3 meng2]

    14 strokes

  • 畅chàng

    free

    14 strokes

  • 暧ài

    (of daylight) dim

    14 strokes

  • 晔yè

    bright light

    14 strokes

  • 向xiàng

    towards

    HSK 2

    15 strokes

  • 暴bào

    sudden

    15 strokes

  • 暪mèn

    dark

    15 strokes

  • 暲zhāng

    bright

    15 strokes

  • 暵hàn

    dry

    15 strokes

  • 暶xuán

    (literary) bright

    15 strokes

  • 暹xiān

    sunrise

    15 strokes

  • 晓xiǎo

    dawn

    16 strokes

  • 暸liáo

    bright

    16 strokes

  • 暻jǐng

    bright

    16 strokes

  • 暾tūn

    sun above the horizon

    16 strokes

  • 曀yì

    obscure

    16 strokes

  • 历lì

    to experience

    16 strokes

  • 昙tán

    dark clouds

    16 strokes

  • 曈tóng

    sun about to rise

    16 strokes

  • 曌Zhào

    name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]

    16 strokes

  • 曐xīng

    old variant of 星[xing1]

    17 strokes

  • 曑shēn

    old variant of 參|参[shen1]

    17 strokes

  • 曒jiǎo

    old variant of 皦[jiao3]

    17 strokes

  • 曓bào

    old variant of 暴[bao4]

    17 strokes

  • 曙shǔ

    (bound form) daybreak; dawn

    17 strokes

  • 曚méng

    twilight before dawn

    17 strokes

  • 曘rú

    color of the sun

    18 strokes

  • 曛xūn

    twilight

    18 strokes

  • 曜yào

    bright

    18 strokes

  • 旷kuàng

    to neglect

    18 strokes

  • 曝pù

    to air

    19 strokes

  • 曦xī

    (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)

    20 strokes

  • 昽lóng

    used in 曚曨|曚昽[meng2 long2]

    20 strokes

  • 曩nǎng

    in former times

    21 strokes

  • 晒shài

    variant of 曬|晒[shai4]

    HSK 4

    23 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.