nichi

At the same time he changed his name to Nichiren, nichi ( 日 ) meaning " sun " and ren ( 蓮 ) meaning " lotus ".

By contrast, while 日々 hi-bi " daily, day after day " is written with the iteration mark, as the morpheme is duplicated, 日日 hi-nichi " number of days, date " is written with the character duplicated, because it represents different morphemes ( hi versus nichi ).

The character 日 may be pronounced either " nichi " or " jitsu ", with assimilation to the following consonant in words like Nisshō ( 日商 ).

* La fabbrica di nichi

* 日米関係 nichibeikankei ( nichi Japan + bei U. S. + kankei relations )