<p>It's correctly written, but in a different font called 隶书 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Clerical script</a>. It's one of the archaic style of writing. In general Chinese characters in 隶书 look wider, which makes 日 looks like 曰 in regular fonts.</p>

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jackieyang
<p><strong>It's not</strong>.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/1b/zy/65E5.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zdic</a> puts this under the 楷体 font.</p>

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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HS6bJ.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HS6bJ.gif" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>You can compare this with <a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/1b/zy/66F0.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zdic</a> rendition of 曰 using 楷体.</p>

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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/W3ZZV.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/W3ZZV.gif" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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<p>Also context is key, many fonts look different.</p>

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Mou某
<p>See the picture. <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/7MlVV.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/7MlVV.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>There is an obvious mistake: the third character is written as "曰" (yue) instead of "日" (ri). Why it is not written correctly as "日" such as the following?</p>

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2019-03-12T04:50:04.623Z
If the two words can be distinguished in the same kind of writing there is no problem. But in this title, we can recognize that it is 日 rather than 曰 from the context, although it is very similar, but it is acceptable.
xenophōn
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2019-03-12T04:52:06.080Z
@valkjsaaa said that it is 隶书 style so it is right, I don't agree, it still looks like 曰 not 日 even written in 隶书.
xenophōn
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Why this header of "世界日报" is written as "世界曰报"？
# Why this header of "世界日报" is written as "世界曰报"？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-02)

See the picture. [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/7MlVV.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/7MlVV.jpg)

There is an obvious mistake: the third character is written as "曰" (yue) instead of "日" (ri). Why it is not written correctly as "日" such as the following?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/hF8xT.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/hF8xT.gif)

**Tags:** characters, handwriting
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If the two words can be distinguished in the same kind of writing there is no problem. But in this title, we can recognize that it is 日 rather than 曰 from the context, although it is very similar, but it is acceptable.  
> **username_1**: @valkjsaaa said that it is 隶书 style so it is right, I don't agree, it still looks like 曰 not 日 even written in 隶书.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-02. Score: 4

It's correctly written, but in a different font called 隶书 [Clerical script](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_script). It's one of the archaic style of writing. In general Chinese characters in 隶书 look wider, which makes 日 looks like 曰 in regular fonts.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-03. Score: 1

**It's not**.

[zdic](http://www.zdic.net/z/1b/zy/65E5.htm) puts this under the 楷体 font.

> [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HS6bJ.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/HS6bJ.gif)

You can compare this with [zdic](http://www.zdic.net/z/1b/zy/66F0.htm) rendition of 曰 using 楷体.

> [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/W3ZZV.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/W3ZZV.gif)

Also context is key, many fonts look different.


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