日
Meanings · jat6
- sun
- day
- date, day of the month
- daytime
- daily
- Japan
Meanings · mik6
- sun
- day
- date, day of the month
- daytime
- daily
- Japan
About these definitions
Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
Reading & tones
Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.
Same syllable, six tones
Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.
Written characters
Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.
Mandarin comparison · separate source entries
CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:
- 日 rì CC-CEDICT · Mandarin(bound form) sun; day; day of the month; (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本 Rì běn); (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.
CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ri4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
Look up this spelling in the Mandarin dictionary ↗Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 16 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jat6 · mik6
Cantonese word readings for 日. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- (astronomy) Sun
- (astronomy) Sun — (Classical) short for 日曜日 (rìyàorì): Sunday
- daytime; time between sunrise and sunset
- day; twenty-four hours
- everyday; daily; day-to-day
- day of the month
- some day; some other time
- former times; previous times; the past
- time; period; age
- Classifier for days.
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 日本 (Rìběn, “Japan; Japanese; Nippo-”)
- (obsolete) short for 日斯巴尼亞／日斯巴尼亚 (Rìsībāníyà, “Spain”)
- (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 日 (MC nyit)
character · Etymology 2
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Jin, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang, vulgar, often in abuses) to fuck; to have sexual intercourse with
- (dialectal Mandarin, Jin) Prefix in certain verbs or adjectives with a negative connotation.
character · Etymology 3
- Only used in 日磾 /日䃅, a Han dynasty-era personal name borne by Jin Midi (金日磾) and Ma Midi (馬日磾).
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