日 sun, day

ひ / にち hi / nichi · as a side part ひへん hihen

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Origin · sourced

Pictogram象形

The sun. A dot or line was added in the centre to distinguish it from visually similar characters, e.g. 口.

Source: Wiktionary, 日 (rev. 93408319), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives. When you see it, think of daylight, clarity, and the passage of time.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Indicates the sun, daylight, specific times, dates, or the concept of brightness

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What it grows into

Built from 日, with sourced origins

明brightメイ · あかり
日 + 月
The sun just rising and the moon not yet set – dawn (天明). In the oracle bone script it is mostly "daybreak"; a few instances mean "sight" or are a place name.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
時timeジ · とき
日 + 之sound
The passing of time.
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
昨yesterdayサク
日 + 乍sound
However, the phonetic component could add part of the meaning since it was borrowed phonetically to mean "at first".
Phono-semantic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Every kanji with 日 as its radical

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