| 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 | 日军 | 日軍 | rì jūn | Ri4 jun1 | Japanese army; Japanese troops | | |
| 6 | 日本人 | 日本人 | rì běn rén | Ri4 ben3 ren2 | Japanese person or people; (Sichuanese expletive) fuck me (日 here means 肏 ) | | |
| 7 | 日常 | 日常 | rì cháng | ri4 chang2 | daily; everyday | | |
| 8 | 日夜 | 日夜 | rì yè | ri4 ye4 | day and night; around the clock | | |
| 9 | 日报 | 日報 | rì bào | ri4 bao4 | daily newspaper | | |
| 10 | 日前 | 日前 | rì qián | ri4 qian2 | the other day; a few days ago | | |
| 11 | 日趋 | 日趨 | rì qū | ri4 qu1 | (increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually | | |
| 12 | 日期 | 日期 | rì qī | ri4 qi1 | date; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 13 | 日记 | 日記 | rì jì | ri4 ji4 | diary; Classifiers: 则 | | |
| 14 | 日后 | 日後 | rì hòu | ri4 hou4 | sometime; someday (in the future) | | |
| 15 | 日光 | 日光 | rì guāng | ri4 guang1 | sunlight | | |
| 16 | 日出 | 日出 | rì chū | ri4 chu1 | sunrise | | |
| 17 | 日内瓦 | 日內瓦 | rì nèi wǎ | Ri4 nei4 wa3 | Geneva, Switzerland | | |
| 18 | 日渐 | 日漸 | rì jiàn | ri4 jian4 | to progress (or increase, change etc) day by day; more (or better etc) with each passing day | | |
| 19 | 日用 | 日用 | rì yòng | ri4 yong4 | daily expenses; of everyday use | | |
| 20 | 日本沼虾 | 日本沼蝦 | rì běn zhǎo xiā | Ri4 ben3 zhao3 xia1 | oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp, also called 青虾 | | |
| 21 | 日料 | 日料 | rì liào | Ri4 liao4 | Japanese cuisine (abbr. for 日本料理 ) | | |
| 22 | 日本鬼子 | 日本鬼子 | rì běn guǐ zi | Ri4 ben3 gui3 zi5 | Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) | | |
| 23 | 日本共同社 | 日本共同社 | rì běn gòng tóng shè | Ri4 ben3 Gong4 tong2 she4 | Kyōdō, Japanese news agency | | |
| 24 | 日本共产党 | 日本共產黨 | rì běn gòng chǎn dǎng | Ri4 ben3 Gong4 chan3 dang3 | Japanese Communist Party | | |
| 25 | 日本鹌鹑 | 日本鵪鶉 | rì běn ān chún | Ri4 ben3 an1 chun2 | (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) | | |