abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

日 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 日 as component

early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely

= + : Mnemonic symbol: your very own annoying alarm clock going off in the morning.

The sun (日) is rising above Zorro's (z) alarm clock (早) in the aorta's living room (ao3), but Zorro just smashs it with a big cross (十).
former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.
old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

= + : In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.
prosperous / flourishing / (of flowers) blooming / (of fire) roaring

= + : Willy Walrus (w) and Martin Luther King Jr. (王) are living a prosperous (旺) and flourishing (旺) life in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). They are enjoying the sun (日) shining just for them every day.
drought

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a marmot, 旱獭 (han4 ta3).

Hamlet (h) used the drought (旱) to dry fruits (干) under the sun (日) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but the marmot (旱) secretly stole and ate all the dried fruits.

= + : This character provides a mnemonic on its own: the sun (日) dries out (干) the land, leading to a drought (旱).
fragrant / sweet smelling / aromatic / savory or appetizing / (to eat) with relish / (of sleep) sound / perfume or spice / joss or incense stick / CL:根[gen1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from 香草, spices.

Just as the sun is not looking Marie Curie plays a prank on her in front of the anglepod and puts some spices in her bowl of cereals.
wise; wisdom
wisdom / knowledge

= + : In the space station's bathroom (Ø4), the sun (日), Francis Bacon (知) and James II of England (zh) are competing for who's the most knowledgeable of them. They all present each other their smartphones (智能) on which they use apps to determine their IQ (智商). In the end it turns out that they are all retarded (弱智).
to substitute for / to take the place of / to replace / for / on behalf of / to stand in for

= + + : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to replace (替) the sun (日) to become the center of the universe. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she instructs two construction workers (夫夫) to throw her right towards the sun, so that Mother Teresa can box her out of orbit.
to conceal / dark

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) wants to give the kids of an orphanage the sun (日) as a Christmas present, but he wants to keep it secret, so he asks Ai Weiwei (未) to conceal (昧) the sun for him in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Naturally, with the sun hidden, it gets quite dark (昧).
bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

= + : A searchlight. Together with the moon, Marilyn Monroe is looking for the sun just inside the engine's kitchen. To make the search easier they use a searchlight.

Words with 日

full-time (schooling, work etc)
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
closing date (of contract) / maturity (of an investment bond)
variant of 克日[ke4 ri4]
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
due date; expiry date; maturity date

Sentences with 日

zhǐ
shì
yǎng
zài
tia̅n
shàng
 
 
rì
zi
jiǔ
le
yòu
yào
she̅ng
shì