昼

See also: 晝

Translingual

Japanese	昼
Simplified	昼
Traditional	晝

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

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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.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	昼
Kyūjitai	晝

Kanji

昼

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

1. daytime
2. noon

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)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 昼間(ちゅうかん) (chūkan)
• 昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) (chūshoku, “lunch”)
• 昼夜(ちゅうや) (chūya)
• 白(はく)昼(ちゅう) (hakuchū)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
昼
ひる Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

• (noon): 午

Etymology

⟨pi₁ru⟩ → */pʲiru/ → /firu/ → /hiru/

From Old Japanese.

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.

Noun

1. daytime
   • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 21:

     宇泥備夜麻(うねびやま)比流(ひる)波久毛登韋(はくもとゐ)由布佐禮婆(ゆふされば)加是布加牟登曾(かぜふかむとぞ)許能波佐夜牙流(このはさやげる) [Man'yōgana]

     畝(うね)火(び)山(やま)昼(ひる)は雲(くも)とゐ夕(ゆふ)されば風(かぜ)吹(ふ)かむとぞ木(こ)の葉(は)さやげる [Modern spelling]

     Unebi-yama hiru wa kumo to i yū sareba kaze fukamu to zo konoha sayageru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   Synonym: 昼間 (chūkan, hiruma)

   Antonyms: 明るい間 (akarui ma), 夜 (yoru)

2. noon, midday

   Synonym: 正午 (shōgo)

3. Short for 昼飯 (hirumeshi): lunch
4. the heyday of something

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 昼顔(ヒルガオ) (hirugao)
• 昼(ひる)餉(げ) (hiruge)
• 昼(ひる)御飯(ごはん) (hirugohan, “lunch”)
• 昼頃(ひるごろ) (hirugoro)
• 昼(ひる)下(さ)がり (hirusagari)
• 昼(ひる)時分(じぶん) (hiru jibun)
• 昼(ひる)過(す)ぎ (hirusugi)
• 昼(ひる)立(だ)ち (hirudachi)
• 昼(ひる)つ方(かた) (hiru tsu kata)
• 昼時(ひるどき) (hirudoki)
• 御(お)昼(ひる)成(な)る (ohirunaru), 御(お)昼成(ひんな)る (ohinnaru)
• 昼(ひる)寝(ね) (hirune)
• 昼(ひる)間(ま) (hiruma)
• 昼前(ひるまえ) (hirumae)
• 昼飯(ひるめし) (hirumeshi)
• 昼(ひる)養(やしな)い (hiruyashinai)
• 真(ま)昼(ひる) (mahiru)
• 夜昼(よるひる) (yoruhiru)