日居月诸 rìjūyuèzhū passage of time Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 日 rì noun sun (bound form) the sun; sunlight居 jū adverb to stay put (literary) to stay put; to be at a standstill; to remain fixed月 yuè noun moon (bound form) the moon; lunar诸 諸 zhū fusion of zhī and hū (literary) fusion of the pronoun 之 zhī and the question particle 乎 hū; used at the end of sentences to ask a question about a preceding object