Characters · 4 strokes
日
rì sun, day
Where the shape comes from
The sun, once drawn as a circle with a dot in the middle and squared off over centuries of brush writing.
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
日本
Rìběn
Japan
生日
shēngrì
birthday
日记
rìjì
diary
Watch out: the mistake people make
Confusing it with 目, mù, eye, which has two strokes inside instead of one.