# 日 — Sun

Frequency rank 4 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 年 (Year), less common than 大 (Big).

- On’yomi: にち、じつ
- Kun’yomi: ひ、か
- Radical: 日 Sun (Kangxi 72)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 1
- Strokes: 4

You step into a parking lot at noon.

In words:

- 日 ひ — day, sun
- 日記 にっき — journal
- 日々 ひび — every day;daily;day after day

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