昼

See also: 晝
昼 U+663C, 昼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-663C
← 昻
[U+663B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 昽 →
[U+663D]

Translingual
Japanese 昼
Simplified 昼
Traditional 晝
Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 晝 (zhòu) (聿 (yù) → 尺[[Category:|昼]])

Han character

昼 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸人日一 (SOAM), composition ⿵尺旦)

  1. daytime, daylight

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 494, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13886
  • Dae Jaweon: page 859, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1504, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+663C

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 昼 – see 晝 (“daytime; day; daylight; lunch; etc.”).
(This character, 昼, is the simplified form of 晝.)
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

 昼

Kyūjitai

 晝

Kanji
昼

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
昼
ひる
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
晝 (kyūjitai)
午 (noon)

⟨pi1ru⟩ → */pʲiru/ → /ɸiru/ → /hiru/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *piru (“daytime”).

Derived from 日 (hi, “day”), suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 夜 (yoru, “night, evening”), which seems to use this same ru element.

Pronunciation

Noun

昼(ひる) • (hiru) 

  1. the daytime
    Synonym: 昼間 (chūkan, hiruma)
    Antonyms: 明るい間 (akarui ma), 夜 (yoru)
  2. 午: the noon, midday
    Synonym: 正午 (shōgo)
  3. Short for 昼ご飯 (hiru gohan) or 昼飯 (hirumeshi): lunch
  4. the heyday or peak period of something
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 御(お)昼(ひる) (ohiru)
  • 昼(ひる)遊(あそ)び (hiruasobi)
  • 昼(ひる)行(あん)灯(どん) (hiru andon)
  • 昼(ヒル)顔(ガオ) (hirugao)
  • 昼(ひる)鐘(がね) (hirugane)
  • 昼(ひる)から (hiru kara)
  • 昼(ひる)川(かわ) (hirukawa)
  • 昼(ひる)狐(ぎつね) (hirugitsune)
  • 昼(ひる)餉(げ) (hiruge)
  • 昼(ひる)後(ご) (hirugo)
  • 昼(ひる)強(ごう)盗(どう) (hiru gōdō)
  • 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) (hiru gohan)
  • 昼(ひる)頃(ごろ) (hirugoro)
  • 昼(ひる)下(さ)がり (hirusagari)
  • 昼(ひる)侍(さぶらい) (hirusaburai)
  • 昼(ひる)時(じ)分(ぶん) (hiru jibun)
  • 昼(ひる)仕(じ)舞(まい) (hirujimai)
  • 昼(ひる)過(す)ぎ (hirusugi)
  • 昼(ひる)過(す)ぎる (hirusugiru)
  • 昼(ひる)席(せき) (hiruseki)
  • 昼(ひる)立(だ)ち (hirudachi)
  • 昼(ひる)つ方(かた) (hiru tsu kata)
  • 昼(ひる)天(てん) (hiruten)
  • 昼(ひる)当(とう)場(ば) (hiru tōba)
  • 昼(ひる)時(どき) (hirudoki)
  • 昼(ひる)途(と)飯(ば) (hirutoba)
  • 昼(ひる)鳶(とんび) (hirutonbi)
  • 昼(ひる)中(なか) (hirunaka)
  • 昼(ひる)成(な)る (hirunaru)
  • 昼(ひる)盗(ぬす)人(びと) (hiru nusubito)
  • 昼(ひる)寝(ね) (hirune)
  • 昼(ひる)鼠(ねずみ) (hirunezumi)
  • 昼(ひる)の御(お)座(まし) (hiru no omashi)
  • 昼(ひる)の局(つぼね) (hiru no tsubone)
  • 昼(ひる)船(ぶね) (hirubune)
  • 昼(ひる)弁(べん)当(とう) (hiru bentō)
  • 昼(ひる)間(ま) (hiruma)
  • 昼(ひる)前(まえ) (hirumae)
  • 昼(ひる)飯(めし) (hirumeshi)
  • 昼(ひる)養(やしな)い (hiruyashinai)
  • 昼(ひる)休(やすみ) (hiruyasumi)
  • 昼(ひる)破(わ)り子(ご) (hiruwarigo)
  • 小(こ)昼(ひる) (kohiru)
  • 早(はや)昼(ひる) (hayahiru)
  • 真(ま)昼(ひる) (mahiru)
  • 夜(よる)昼(ひる) (yoruhiru)
Idioms
Idioms
  • 昼(ひる)を欺(あざむ)く (hiru o azamuku)
  • 提(ちょう)灯(ちん)を昼(ひる)灯(とも)す (chōchin o hiru tomosu)
  • 夜(よる)となく昼(ひる)となく (yoru to naku hiru to naku)
  • 夜(よる)を昼(ひる)になす (yoru o hiru ni nasu)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
昼
ちゅう
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

/tiu/ → /t͡ɕiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 晝 (MC ʈɨuH)

Affix

昼(ちゅう) • (chū) ←ちう (tiu)?

  1. day, daytime
  2. noon, midday
Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji
昼

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
昼
ふぃる
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 昼 (hiru).

Pronunciation

Noun

昼 (hiragana ふぃる, rōmaji firu)

  1. the daytime
    Antonym: 夜 (yuru)
  2. the noon, midday

References
  1. 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”)‎, 1963
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