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 (hi, “day”), suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 夜 (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)
午: the noon, midday
Synonym: 正午 (shōgo)
Short for 昼ご飯 (hiru gohan) or 昼飯 (hirumeshi): lunch
the heyday or peak period of something

Derived terms

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)

Affix

昼(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちう (tiu)^?}

day, daytime
noon, midday

Derived terms

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

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)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 昼 (hiru).

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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