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晝
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昼
🇨🇳

daylight

HSK 10
Abstract →Time
zhòu
チュウ
ひる
주
Origin unclear. 日 represents the meaning.
Components
Traditional (晝)
聿 writing+ 日 day+ 一 one =
晝 daylight
聿
yù writing
writing brush, pencil
The purpose of this component is unclear.
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
一
yī one
The purpose of this component is unclear.
Simplified (昼)
尺 ruler+ 旦 dawn =
昼 daytime
尺 Meaning component
chǐ ruler
Chinese measure approx. 'foot'
旦 Meaning component
dàn dawn
Notes
Similar Characters
旦 dawn晉 promote (trad)书 letter (simp)律 law書 write/book (trad/jp)筆 pen (trad/jp)建 build畫 drawing (trad)肃 pay (simp)肅 solemn (trad)津 Tianjin画 drawing (jp)妟 safe昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
昼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
昼 / 晝 [zhòu]
daytime
Japanese
昼 、 午 、 晝 (old) ひる 同音

noun

  1. noon; midday
  2. daytime
  3. lunch
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
ケンは昼まで家にいるでしょう。
Ken will be at home until noon.
私は昼も夜も彼女のことを考えている。
I think of her day and night.
昼はホットドッグを食べたんだ。
I ate a hot dog for lunch.
CHINESE WORDS (13)
昼夜 [zhòu​yè] #23,250
day and night
白昼 [bái​zhòu] #25,411
daytime
不分昼夜 [bù​fēn​zhòu​yè] #37,449
day and night
昼伏夜出 [zhòu​fú​yè​chū] #50,240
nocturnal
夜行昼伏 [yè​xíng​zhòu​fú] #73,428
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
俾昼作夜 [bǐ​zhòu​zuò​yè] #74,783
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
俾夜作昼 [bǐ​yè​zuò​zhòu] #75,896
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
俨如白昼 [yǎn​rú​bái​zhòu]
as bright as daylight (idiom)
卜昼卜夜 [bǔ​zhòu​bǔ​yè]
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
宰予昼寝 [Zǎi​Yǔ​zhòu​qǐn]
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ 昼 [ひる] #2,160
noon
KOREAN WORDS (2)
백주
daytime
주야
day and night