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

Stroke order

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)

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

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.

Japanese

Shinjitai	昼
Kyūjitai	晝

Kanji

昼

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

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)

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spellings
晝 (kyūjitai) 午 (noon)

⟨pi₁ru⟩ → */pʲiru/ → /ɸiru/ → /hiru/

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

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひる [hìrúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟]

Noun

昼(ひる) • (hiru)

the daytime
Synonym: 昼間 (chūkan, hiruma)

Antonyms: 明るい間 (akarui ma), 夜 (yoru)

神(かみ)光(ひかり)を晝(ひる)と名(なづ)け暗(やみ)を夜(よる)と名(なづ)けたまへり
Kami, hikari o hiru to nazuke, yami o yoru to nazuke, tamaheri.
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
午: the noon, midday
Synonym: 正午 (shōgo)
ellipsis of 昼ご飯 (hiru gohan) or 昼飯 (hirumeshi, “lunch”)
the heyday or peak period of something

Derived terms

御(お)昼(ひる) (ohiru)
昼(ひる)遊(あそ)び (hiruasobi)
昼(ひる)行(あん)灯(どん) (hiru andon)
昼(ヒル)顔(ガオ) (hirugao)
昼(ひる)鐘(がね) (hirugane)
昼(ひる)から (hiru kara)
昼(ひる)川(かわ) (hirukawa)
昼(ひる)狐(ぎつね) (hirugitsune)
昼(ひる)餉(げ) (hiruge)
昼(ひる)後(ご) (hirugo)
昼(ひる)強(ごう)盗(どう) (hiru gōdō)
昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) (hiru gohan)
昼(ひる)頃(ごろ) (hirugoro)
昼(ひる)下(さ)がり (hirusagari)
昼(ひる)侍(さぶらい) (hirusaburai)
昼(ひる)時(じ)分(ぶん) (hiru jibun)
昼(ひる)仕(じ)舞(まい) (hirujimai)
昼(ひる)過(す)ぎ (hirusugi)
昼(ひる)過(す)ぎる (hirusugiru)
昼(ひる)席(せき) (hiruseki)
昼(ひる)立(だ)ち (hirudachi)
昼(ひる)つ方(かた) (hiru tsu kata)
昼(ひる)天(てん) (hiruten)
昼(ひる)当(とう)場(ば) (hiru tōba)
昼(ひる)時(どき) (hirudoki)
昼(ひる)途(と)飯(ば) (hirutoba)
昼(ひる)鳶(とんび) (hirutonbi)
昼(ひる)中(なか) (hirunaka)
昼(ひる)成(な)る (hirunaru)
昼(ひる)盗(ぬす)人(びと) (hiru nusubito)
昼(ひる)寝(ね) (hirune)
昼(ひる)鼠(ねずみ) (hirunezumi)
昼(ひる)の御(お)座(まし) (hiru no omashi)
昼(ひる)の局(つぼね) (hiru no tsubone)
昼(ひる)船(ぶね) (hirubune)
昼(ひる)弁(べん)当(とう) (hiru bentō)
昼(ひる)間(ま) (hiruma)
昼(ひる)前(まえ) (hirumae)
昼(ひる)飯(めし) (hirumeshi)
昼(ひる)養(やしな)い (hiruyashinai)
昼(ひる)休(やすみ) (hiruyasumi)
昼(ひる)破(わ)り子(ご) (hiruwarigo)
小(こ)昼(ひる) (kohiru)
早(はや)昼(ひる) (hayahiru)
真(ま)昼(ひる) (mahiru)
夜(よる)昼(ひる) (yoruhiru)

Idioms

昼(ひる)を欺(あざむ)く (hiru o azamuku)
提(ちょう)灯(ちん)を昼(ひる)灯(とも)す (chōchin o hiru tomosu)
夜(よる)となく昼(ひる)となく (yoru to naku hiru to naku)
夜(よる)を昼(ひる)になす (yoru o hiru ni nasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
昼
ちゅう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

/tiu/ → /t͡ɕiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 晝 (MC trjuwH).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨː]

Affix

昼(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちう (tiu)^?}

day, daytime
noon, midday

Derived terms

昼(ちゅう)間(かん) (chūkan)
昼(ちゅう)光(こう) (chūkō)
昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) (chūshoku)
昼(ちゅう)盲(もう) (chūmō)
昼(ちゅう)夜(や) (chūya)
春(しゅん)昼(ちゅう) (shunchū)
白(はく)昼(ちゅう) (hakuchū)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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

“昼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Okinawan

Kanji

昼

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅー (chū)
Kun: ふぃる (firu, 昼)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
昼
ふぃる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝 (kyūjitai)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *piru (“daytime”), from Proto-Japonic *piru (“daytime”).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) ふぃる [fíꜜrù] (Kakō - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸiɾu]

Noun

昼(ふぃる) (firu)

the daytime
Antonym: 夜 (yuru)
the noon, midday

References

^ 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)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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

[3] 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)

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