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 (聿 → 尺)

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 Dictionary: 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 is the simplified form of 晝).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	昼
Kyūjitai	晝

Kanji

昼

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

• Go-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
• Kun: ひる (hiru, 昼, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)

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

• (Tokyo) ひる [hìrúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟]

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 trjuwH)

Affix

昼(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちう (tiu)?}

1. day, daytime
2. noon, midday

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 昼(ちゅう)間(かん) (chūkan)
• 昼(ちゅう)光(こう) (chūkō)
• 昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) (chūshoku)
• 昼(ちゅう)盲(もう) (chūmō)
• 昼(ちゅう)夜(や) (chūya)
• 春(しゅん)昼(ちゅう) (shunchū)
• 白(はく)昼(ちゅう) (hakuchū)

Okinawan

Kanji

昼

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅー (chū)
• Kun: ふぃる (firu, 昼)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
昼
ふぃる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 昼 (hiru).

Pronunciation

• (Shuri-Naha) ふぃ​る [fíꜜrù] (Kakō - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸiɾu]

Noun

昼(ふぃる) (firu) 

1. the daytime

   Antonym: 夜 (yuru)

2. the noon, midday