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昼

昼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「晝」の草書体に由来する略体。「晝」については晝#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

daytime, noon

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チュウElem.
Kun (native)
  • ひるElem.
Other languages
  • 拼音zhou4
  • 한글ju
  • Hán-ViệtTrú

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+663C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱尺旦

Words using this kanji

  • 昼ひるひる。。 昼食。お昼。noon, midday, daytime, lunch
  • 昼食ちゅうしょく昼に食べる食事。lunch, midday meal
  • 昼間ひるま太陽が出ていて明るい時間。ひるま。daytime, during the day, time from sunrise until sunset, diurnal period
  • 昼夜ちゅうや昼と夜。 昼も夜も。日夜。副詞的に用いる。 「昼夜帯」の略。day and night
  • 昼過ぎひるすぎjust past noon, afternoon
  • 昼休みひるやすみひるやすみ 参照。lunch break, noon recess, noon rest period
  • 昼前ひるまえmorning, forenoon, just before noon
  • 昼寝ひるねひるね参照。(afternoon) nap, sleeping during the day, siesta
  • 昼下がりひるさがり「ひるさがり」の漢字表記。early afternoon
  • 昼飯ひるめし昼御飯。lunch, midday meal
  • 昼ご飯ひるごはんlunch, midday meal
  • 昼頃ひるごろabout noon
  • 昼餐ちゅうさん昼食。昼飯。午餐。luncheon
  • 昼時ひるどきnoon, lunch time
  • 昼鳶ひるとんびsneak thief, daytime prowler, pickpocketing
  • 昼礼ちゅうれいafternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)
  • 昼席ひるせきmatinee (performance)
  • 昼顔ひるがおひるがおの漢字表記。Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
  • 昼光ちゅうこうdaylight
  • 昼勤ちゅうきんday shift

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-6
Four Corner
7710.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c5.15
Heisig
1156
Nelson
53