日
rì
day; sun
Type: NounsHSK 1
A pictograph of the sun — a circle with a central dot for its brightness. One of the most basic characters.
Chinese myth: there were ten suns, sons of a goddess. An archer named Hou Yi shot down nine of them to save the earth, leaving just one. That's why there's only one sun now.
今日天气好。
Jīnrì tiānqì hǎo.
The weather is good today.
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