| 1574 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 884 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4722 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1090 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 961 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1807 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 702 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 715 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 118 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 709 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3887 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1999 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2700 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1076 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38989P | Morohashi |
| 3133 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6089 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1067 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1148 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1594 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
833 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遅々 【チチ】 slow, lagging, tardy
- 遅延 【チエン】 delay, latency
- 棲遅 【セイチ】 living in tranquility, retiring to the countryside, retirement house
- 巧遅 【コウチ】 elaborate but slow execution, polished but slow work
Kun reading compounds
- 遅れる 【おくれる】 to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)
- 遅らす 【おくらす】 to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard
- 遅い 【おそい】 slow, time-consuming, sluggish, late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night, later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual, too late, having missed the boat, dull, stupid
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- despacio
- tarde
- llegar tarde
- retrasar
- retrasado
Portuguese
- atrasado
- lento
- costas
- mais tarde
French
- retard
- lent
- précédent
- plus tard
| 3755 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2q9.17 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 3730.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9045 | Unicode hex code |
日
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
- 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
- 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
- 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
- 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
- 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
- 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
- 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month
Kun reading compounds
- 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
- 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
- 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
- あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
- Korean:
- il
Spanish
- día
- solar
- Japón
- sol
- rayo de sol
Portuguese
- dia
- sol
- Japão
French
- jour
- soleil
- Japon
- compteur de jours
| 11 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 13 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 62 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2097 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 5 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 56 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 77 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
| 5 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 5 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 16 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 963 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3759 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2606 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 12 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13733 | Morohashi |
| 3027 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2410 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 12 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 12 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 3 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 33 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3878 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 6010.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65e5 | Unicode hex code |