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U+663C, 昼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-663C

[U+663B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+663D]

Translingual

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Japanese
Simplified
Traditional
Stroke order

Etymology

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Simplified from ()

Han character

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

  1. daytime, daylight

References

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  • 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

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ひる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)
(noon)

⟨pi1ru⟩ → */pʲiru//ɸiru//hiru/

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひる) (hiru

  1. the daytime
    Synonym: 昼間 (chūkan, hiruma)
    Antonyms: 明るい (akarui ma), (yoru)
  2. : 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
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Idioms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

/tiu//t͡ɕiu//t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese (MC trjuwH)

Affix

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(ちゅう) (chūちう (tiu)?

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

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ふぃる
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese (hiru).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ふぃる) (firu

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

References

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  1. ^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)