日

• 拼音: rì
• 汉字拆解: 日 = pictograph of the sun, originally drawn as a circle with a centre dot

含义

Day; sun; date. Used in dates and as a formal word for day or the sun.

In everyday speech, 天 is more commonly used for 'day,' but 日 appears in dates (三月五日 = March 5th), formal writing, and compounds like 日期 (date), 日记 (diary), 生日 (birthday), and 日本 (Japan). Also means the sun in literary or classical contexts.

例句

1. 今天是三月二十日。
2. 你的生日是哪一天？
3. 他每日都去跑步。

用法指南

语境: time, dates

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 今天是十月一日。(Today is October 1st.)
• 你哪天生日？(When is your birthday?)

错误说法

• 明日见。(Overly literary for casual speech — say 明天见 for 'see you tomorrow' in daily conversation)

起源与历史

One of the oldest pictographs — originally a circle with a dot in the centre representing the sun.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal