Ancient carved pictogram that became 日

THE RADICAL SHED

The sun radical

Radical · sun, time, brightness

日

A square sun. Days, mornings, seasons and anything bright.

14 of the 52 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

时B1
时候shíhoutime; moment时间shíjiāntime小时xiǎoshíhour时shítime; hour
日B1
日rìday; sun星期日xīngqīrìSunday生日shēngrìbirthday工作日gōngzuòrìworkday; weekday
明B1
明年míngniánnext year明天míngtiāntomorrow聪明cōngmíngclever; intelligent明白míngbaiclear; to understand
是B1
是shìto be但是dànshìbut; however还是háishior; still可是kěshìbut; however
星B1
星期xīngqīweek星期日xīngqīrìSunday星期天xīngqītiānSunday星星xīngxinga star
早B1
早zǎoearly; morning早饭zǎofànbreakfast早上zǎoshangmorning早餐zǎocānbreakfast
晚B1
晚wǎnevening; late晚饭wǎnfàndinner; supper晚上wǎnshangevening; night晚点wǎndiǎnlate; delayed
昨B1
昨天zuótiānyesterday
晴B2
晴qíngsunny; clear weather晴朗qínglǎngsunny and cloudless
易B3
容易róngyìeasy; simple交易jiāoyìtransaction; deal轻易qīngyìeasily; rashly好容易hǎoróngyìwith great difficulty
旧B3
旧jiùold; former仍旧réngjiùstill依旧yījiùas before陈旧chénjiùold-fashioned
春B3
春天chūntiānspring青春qīngchūnyouth青春期qīngchūnqīpuberty新春xīnchūnbeginning of spring; New Year period
景B4
风景fēngjǐngscenery; landscape景点jǐngdiǎnscenic spot; attraction景区jǐngqūscenic area景色jǐngsèscenery; view
暖B4
暖和nuǎnhuowarm温暖wēnnuǎnwarm保暖bǎonuǎnto keep warm暖nuǎnwarm
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