日 rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
日期
rìqī
date
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个日期对吗？ Zhège rìqī duì ma? Is this date correct?
- 我不知道日期。 Wǒ bù zhīdào rìqī. I don't know the date.
- 今天的日期是多少？ Jīntiān de rìqī shì duōshao? What's today's date?
- 请记住这个日期。 Qǐng jìzhù zhège rìqī. Please remember this date.
- 你记得日期吗？ Nǐ jìde rìqī ma? Do you remember the date?
- 日期写在本子上。 Rìqī xiě zài běnzi shàng. The date is written in the notebook.
- 这个日期不对。 Zhège rìqī bú duì. This date is wrong.
- 明天的日期是什么？ Míngtiān de rìqī shì shénme? What's tomorrow's date?
- 老师要看日期。 Lǎoshī yào kàn rìqī. The teacher wants to check the date.
- 他忘记了日期。 Tā wàngjì le rìqī. He forgot the date.