漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
昼: daytime, noon
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
尺 and 旦 are drawn in
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チュウchuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 昼食ちゅうしょくlunch
ひるhiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 昼ひるnoon
- 真昼まひるmidday
- 昼間ひるまdaytime
- 昼過ぎひるすぎafternoon
- 昼休みひるやすみlunch break
- 昼寝ひるねnap
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
尺
Also built on shaku (尺)
旦
Also built on daybreak (旦)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side昼 daytime · 尺 + 旦
vs届 deliver · 尸 + 由In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 晝 · zhòu
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 昼. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 晝.
- Simplified
- 昼 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 晝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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