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On- and kun-reading of 日 こんいちは！ Maybe "日本" is a special case, but why is 日 spoken as "ni" even though the On- and Kun-Readings are NICHI, JITSU, hi and ka?

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It is the nanori reading. Nanori readings are used for names and sometime place's names. I went to high school in a city called 出水・いずみ. The city's name is made up of two nanori. いず is the nanori reading of 出, just as に is the nanori reading of 日。For some more odd combinations of readings, check out this Tofugu article: http://www.tofugu.com/2014/08/25/weird-kanji-unusual-readings-and-their-origins/

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