Where does “日” come from?

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

日 (Old Japanese): the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight

Definitions

  1. the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight

Ancestry of “日”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

Words derived from “日”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →