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Kanji Reference:Nichi

Table of contents
1 The Kanji
2 Stroke Order
3 On Readings
4 Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)
5 Meaning(s)
6 See also

The Kanji

日

Unicode character number - hex 65E5/decimal 26085

Stroke Order

  1. The left-most vertical stroke is done, from top to bottom.
  2. The top-most horizontal line and the right-most vertical line are done as one stroke, from top-left to bottom-right.
  3. The middle vertical stroke is done, from left to right.
  4. the bottom-most vertical stroke is done, from left to right.

On Readings

nichi, jitsu

Kun Readings (hiragana suffix in brackets)

hi, -ka

Meaning(s)

Japanese English
nichi, jitsu, hi day, sun
-ka counter used for days e.g. 五日 = itsuka = five days

See also