Character: 日
Modern (Beijing) reading: rì
Preclassic Old Chinese: nit
Classic Old Chinese: nit
Western Han Chinese: njǝt
Eastern Han Chinese: ńǝt
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńit
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńit
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńit
Middle Chinese: ńit
Fanqie: 質
Rhyme class: 仁逸
English meaning : sun; day
Russian meaning[s]: 1) солнце; днем, засветло; 2) день; сутки; число, дата; ежедневно; с каждым днем; 3) в другой день, на днях; 4) сокр. Япония; 5) сокр. стар. Испания
Shuowen gloss: 實也. 太陽之精不虧. 從口一. 象形. 凡日之屬皆從日.
Comments: Min forms: Xiamen ʒit8, lit8, Chaozhou zik8, Fuzhou nik8, Jianou ni8.
Radical: 72
Four-angle index: 1470
Karlgren code: 0404 a-d
Go-on: niti
Kan-on: zitu
Japanese reading: nichi+;jitsu+;hi+;ka+
Vietnamese reading: nhật
Jianchuan Bai: jĩ6
Dali Bai: ńe6, ńi6
Bijiang Bai: ńi6
Shijing occurrences: 26.5, 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, 29.4, 30.3, 33.3, 34.3, 37.1_, 38.1, 39.1, 50.1_
