日 sun, day (side form)

ひへん hihen · side form of 日ひ / にち hi / nichi

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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

“Rise and shine! This radical brings the warmth of the sun and the steady passage of time to every kanji it joins. When you see it on the left, it tells you that the meaning involves sunlight, specific times of the day, or the bright, clear nature of the world. It is the radical of the morning, the calendar, and the absolute clarity of light.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Indicates sunshine, daylight, time-related concepts (hours, days), brightness, clarity, or the state of the weather.

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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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