= r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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= r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
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How to pronounce 日

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= r initial

R is for Robinson Crusoe.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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日 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wéi = w + ei2
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= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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Characters with 日 as component

bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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dàn = d + an4
dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
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shí = sh + Ø2
old variant of 時|时[shi2]
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Words with 日

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birthday / CL:個|个[ge4]
day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life
Japan

Sentences with 日

zhǐ
shì
yǎng
zài
tiān
shàng
 
 
zi
jiǔ
le
yòu
yào
shēng
shì

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Prompt snippets

The sun is a anthropomorphic sun character with a perfectly spherical, bright yellow body. Its limbs are short and extending from the sides and bottom of the sphere.