Memory hook Originally represented by a circle with a dot in the middle. The dot was later expanded to form a horizon across the middle of a squared-off sun 日.

Combinations

Chinese	literally	English
日子	sun (noun suffix)	day; life
他日	other day	some other day

[1] three sun morning by user Feuillu from http://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/99143323/, detail, under license: Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic