日帰り
ひがえり · higaeri · JLPT N2 · noun
trip
🎒 日 (day) + 帰り (return): a trip out and back within the same day
The kanji 日 means day, and 帰り comes from 帰る, to return home. Together they describe going somewhere and coming back before nightfall.
日 — pictograph of the sun
日 is a pictograph of the sun, originally drawn as a circle with a dot or stroke inside representing the sun's substance. Over time the round shape was squared off into the modern rectangular form. It means 'sun' and by extension 'day'.