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昼

昼

See also: 晝

Translingual

Shinjitai	昼
Simplified	昼
Traditional	晝

Han character

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

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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 昼 – see 晝. (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.

Japanese

Kanji

昼

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

Readings

On: ちゅう (chū) < ちう (chiu)

Kun: ひる (hiru)

Compounds

昼御飯 (ひるごはん) ‎(hirugohan): lunch
昼間人口 (ちゅうかんじんこう) ‎(chūkan jinkō)
昼食 (ちゅうしょく) ‎(chūshoku): lunch
昼夜 (ちゅうや) ‎(chūya)
昼餉 (ひるげ) ‎(hiruge)
昼下 (ひるさ)がり ‎(hirusagari)
昼顔 (ひるがお) ‎(hirugao)
白昼 (はくちゅう) ‎(hakuchū)
真昼 (まひる) ‎(mahiru)

Noun

昼 ‎(hiragana ひる, romaji hiru)

noon (12 p.m.)
daytime
a meal eaten around the noon; lunch