Where does “日” come from?

日 (Chinese) comes from Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k).

日 (Chinese): the sun; day

Definitions

  1. the sun; day

Ancestry of “日”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)—

Words derived from “日”

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