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Pinyin | rì (fourth tone) |
| English | sun; day | |
| A 'rr' sound rather like the begining of 'rough', there is no 'i' sound at all | ||
Based on a pictogram of the sun with a central eye this character is the natural choice to represent a day. Days of the week are all numbered except for Sunday which is just as in English 'sun day' : xingqiri. If it had been 'numbered' it would have been qingqiqi - a rather awkward 'word'.
| xīng qī | rì |
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| weekday | sun = Sunday |