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Kanji Detail for 昼 - "daytime, noon, day"

昼

  • Meaning

    昼 means "daytime, noon, day."

    1. Daytime - The hours of daylight.

    2. Noon - The middle of the day; midday.

    3. Day - The period from sunrise to sunset.

  • Words using 昼

    • 昼食 ちゅうしょく Listen lunch; midday meal
    • 昼間 ひるま Listen daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset
    • 昼夜 ちゅうや Listen day and night
    • 昼過ぎ ひるすぎ Listen just past noon; afternoon
    • 昼休み ひるやすみ Listen lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
    • 昼前 ひるまえ Listen morning; forenoon; just before noon
    • 昼寝 ひるね Listen (afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
    • 昼下がり ひるさがり Listen early afternoon

  • Four-character idioms with 昼

    • 昼夜兼行 ちゅうやけんこう Listen around-the-clock; (working) day and night

  • Origin of 昼

    The old form 晝 sets 聿, the writing brush, over 日, the sun: the sun's boundary drawn — daytime as the portion of light ruled off from the dark.

    How to remember it: A brush 聿 ruling a line around the sun 日 — daytime: the bright hours, marked off.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: daytime, noon, day
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    daytime; noon

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    daytime, daylight

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    daytime

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    daytime, daylight

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    hiru(ひる) ひる

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    日 (hi・hihen・nichi・nichihen)

  • Related Keywords

    daytime day noon daylight midday brightness hours lunch morning sun warmth afternoon

Sentences including 昼

  • Won't you go out to lunch with us?

  • My father stopped reading to have lunch.

  • They are at lunch.

  • I've just finished lunch.

  • We watched tv after lunch.

  • A friend of mine came to see me during the day.

  • How about going for a walk after lunch?

  • I finished writing the letter by noon.

  • My father made me a nice lunch.

  • Have you already had lunch?

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