sun
rì (ri4)
Radical no. 72 · 4 strokes (第 72 部首 · 4 画 dì 72 bùshǒu · 4 huà)
Radical ⽇ (rì) — meaning: sun, 4 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical is a pictograph of the sun, drawn as a circle or square with a dot or point in the center. In oracle-bone script and seal script, this shape was simplified to a plain square frame as seen in modern form.
Mnemonic: The simple square frame ⽇ resembles the sun encircled or enclosed, easy to remember as it directly depicts the sun's image.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
90 characters- 暮mù
evening
14 strokes
- 暨jì
(literary) and; as well as
14 strokes
- 㬎xiǎn
old variant of 顯|显[xian3]
14 strokes
- 暜pǔ
old variant of 普[pu3]
14 strokes
- 暝míng
dark
14 strokes
- 暞jiǎo
old variant of 曒[jiao3]
14 strokes
- 暠gǎo
bright
14 strokes
- 暡wěng
used in 暡曚[weng3 meng2]
14 strokes
- 畅chàng
free
14 strokes
- 暧ài
(of daylight) dim
14 strokes
- 晔yè
bright light
14 strokes
- 向xiàng
towards
HSK 215 strokes
- 暴bào
sudden
15 strokes
- 暪mèn
dark
15 strokes
- 暲zhāng
bright
15 strokes
- 暵hàn
dry
15 strokes
- 暶xuán
(literary) bright
15 strokes
- 暹xiān
sunrise
15 strokes
- 晓xiǎo
dawn
16 strokes
- 暸liáo
bright
16 strokes
- 暻jǐng
bright
16 strokes
- 暾tūn
sun above the horizon
16 strokes
- 曀yì
obscure
16 strokes
- 历lì
to experience
16 strokes
- 昙tán
dark clouds
16 strokes
- 曈tóng
sun about to rise
16 strokes
- 曌Zhào
name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
16 strokes
- 曐xīng
old variant of 星[xing1]
17 strokes
- 曑shēn
old variant of 參|参[shen1]
17 strokes
- 曒jiǎo
old variant of 皦[jiao3]
17 strokes
- 曓bào
old variant of 暴[bao4]
17 strokes
- 曙shǔ
(bound form) daybreak; dawn
17 strokes
- 曚méng
twilight before dawn
17 strokes
- 曘rú
color of the sun
18 strokes
- 曛xūn
twilight
18 strokes
- 曜yào
bright
18 strokes
- 旷kuàng
to neglect
18 strokes
- 曝pù
to air
19 strokes
- 曦xī
(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
20 strokes
- 昽lóng
used in 曚曨|曚昽[meng2 long2]
20 strokes
- 曩nǎng
in former times
21 strokes
- 晒shài
variant of 曬|晒[shai4]
HSK 423 strokes
Quick check
A few short questions. No score kept, no account needed.
Question 1 of 5
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Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.