お日ひ様さま

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Written forms

• お日ひ様さま

  Standard kanji spelling for this children's word for the sun.

• お日ひさま

  Variant with さま in kana; equally common in children's contexts.

• お陽ひさま
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form; 陽 is an alternative character for 'sun'.

• 御お日ひ様さま
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form with honorific 御.

• 御お陽ひ様さま
  rarely-used kanji form

  Rarely used kanji form with honorific 御 and alternative 陽.

Etymology

Formed from the honorific prefix お, the noun 日 (hi, 'sun'), and the honorific suffix 様 (sama). The combination creates a personified, affectionate term for the sun, typical of children's language.