昼

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

Etymology

Simplified from 晝 (聿 → 尺)

Han character

昼 (radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸人日一 (SOAM), composition ⿵尺旦)

1. daytime, daylight

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 494, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13886
• Dae Jaweon: page 859, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: 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; etc.”). (This character, 昼, is the simplified form of 晝.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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 (ちゅう)間 (かん) (chūkan)
• 昼 (ちゅう)食 (しょく) (chūshoku, “lunch”)
• 昼 (ちゅう)夜 (や) (chūya)
• 白 (はく)昼 (ちゅう) (hakuchū)

Alternative forms

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

• (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.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひる​ [hìrúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

昼 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 晝, hiragana ひる, rōmaji hiru)

1. daytime
   • 711–712, Kojiki (poem 21)

     宇 (う)泥 (ね)備 (び)夜 (や)麻 (ま)比 (ひ)流 (る)波 (は)久 (く)毛 (も)登 (と)韋 (ゐ)由 (ゆ)布 (ふ)佐 (さ)禮 (れ)婆 (ば)加 (か)是 (ぜ)布 (ふ)加 (か)牟 (む)登 (と)曾 (ぞ)許 (こ)能 (の)波 (は)佐 (さ)夜 (や)牙 (げ)流 (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 (ご)飯 (はん) (hirugohan, “lunch”)
• 昼頃 (ひるごろ) (hirugoro)
• 昼 (ひる)下 (さ)がり (hirusagari)
• 昼 (ひる)時 (じ)分 (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 (ひん)成 (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)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN