| 1 | 日 | 日 | rì | Ri4 | sun; day; date, day of the month; abbr. for 日本 , Japan | | |
| 2 | 日本 | 日本 | rì běn | Ri4 ben3 | Japan | | |
| 3 | 日益 | 日益 | rì yì | ri4 yi4 | of Japanese descent; day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day | | |
| 4 | 日子 | 日子 | rì zi | ri4 zi5 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | | |
| 5 | 抗日 | 抗日 | kàng rì | kang4 Ri4 | to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities) | | |
| 6 | 今日 | 今日 | jīn rì | jin1 ri4 | today | | |
| 7 | 节日 | 節日 | jié rì | jie2 ri4 | holiday; festival; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 日军 | 日軍 | rì jūn | Ri4 jun1 | Japanese army; Japanese troops | | |
| 9 | 日本人 | 日本人 | rì běn rén | Ri4 ben3 ren2 | Japanese person or people; (Sichuanese expletive) fuck me (日 here means 肏 ) | | |
| 10 | 每日 | 每日 | měi rì | mei3 ri4 | US-Japan; daily; (soup etc) of the day | | |
| 11 | 日常 | 日常 | rì cháng | ri4 chang2 | daily; everyday | | |
| 12 | 抗日战争 | 抗日戰爭 | kàng rì zhàn zhēng | Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1 | (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) | | |
| 13 | 日夜 | 日夜 | rì yè | ri4 ye4 | day and night; around the clock | | |
| 14 | 日报 | 日報 | rì bào | ri4 bao4 | daily newspaper | | |
| 15 | 平日 | 平日 | píng rì | ping2 ri4 | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually | | |
| 16 | 日前 | 日前 | rì qián | ri4 qian2 | the other day; a few days ago | | |
| 17 | 日趋 | 日趨 | rì qū | ri4 qu1 | (increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually | | |
| 18 | 早日 | 早日 | zǎo rì | zao3 ri4 | soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly | | |
| 19 | 日期 | 日期 | rì qī | ri4 qi1 | date; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 20 | 日记 | 日記 | rì jì | ri4 ji4 | diary; Classifiers: 则 | | |
| 21 | 人民日报 | 人民日報 | rén mín rì bào | Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4 | People's Daily (PRC newspaper) | | |
| 22 | 昔日 | 昔日 | xī rì | xi1 ri4 | former days; in the past | | |
| 23 | 过日子 | 過日子 | guò rì zi | guo4 ri4 zi5 | to live one's life; to pass one's days; to get along | | |
| 24 | 日后 | 日後 | rì hòu | ri4 hou4 | sometime; someday (in the future) | | |
| 25 | 近日 | 近日 | jìn rì | jin4 ri4 | in the past few days; recently; in the last few days | | |