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On-Yomi: ニチ、ジツ — Kun-Yomi: ひ、-び、-か

Koohii stories:

1) [Alphinux] 23-1-2008(120): Open the window, new day.

2) [ibnfe2] 30-12-2006(18): Picture two halves of a 24-hr period: Day & Night.

3) [ruschein] 4-1-2009(11): Open window because its a sunny day.

4) [Danieru] 29-10-2007(11): On Sunday, church-goers sings hymns, their tongues wagging in their mouths.

5) [pilot_sun16] 28-1-2010(10): =sun; day： Each time the SUN rises a new DAY begins. day (#12 日) is a picture of the sun. Normally we draw the sun with a circle(ㅇ) surrounded by many strokes. But there are no “round” shaped Kanji so we take mouth (#11 口) instead, and one stroke in the middle (one (#1 一)) representing all. 日本 Japan, 日曜日 （ニチジヨウび）Sunday, 毎日 （マイニチ）everyday, 母の日 （ははのひ）mother's day, 日記 （ニッキ）diary, 三日 （ミッカ）three days.

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