Where does “日” come from?

日 (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

日 (Japanese): Sunday

Definitions

  1. Sunday

Ancestry of “日”, step by step

日 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
2Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Middle Chinese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese日—

Words derived from “日”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →