TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
日
ㄖˋ · rì
noun — sun; day
字源 FORM — what the parts do
日形a picture of the sun — circle and center mark, squared by the carving knife
The sun, drawn: a circle with a mark at its heart, squared off by centuries of carving. The sun keeps a day's time — daytime (日出、白日), the day itself (今日、生日), and the country named for where it rises: 日本.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
圓圓的太陽（日）從海面浮上來——天一下子亮了。
The round sun (日) lifts out of the sea — and all at once it is light.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)太陽— the sun常用
→白天（日出、日落）— daytime
→日子（今日、生日）— a day; days常用
⇒日本— Japan — where the sun comes up
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension