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昼
JLPT N4 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #1115

Meanings

Daytime, Noon

Radicals

ε°Έ

Decomposition

βΏ΅ε°Ίζ—¦

Etymology

Ideographic: When the sun is a footΒ ε°Ί above the horizonΒ ζ—¦

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 corner right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 diagonal top-to-bottom
4 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 horizontal bottom-to-top
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
チγƒ₯ウ chuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひる hiru

Words Using This Kanji

71 words total
Other (20 words)
η™½ζ˜Ό はくけゅう

daytime

倜昼 γ‚ˆγ‚‹γ²γ‚‹

day and night

ζ˜Όι–“ ひるま

daytime

昼食 けゅうしょく

lunch

ζ˜Όγ”ι£― ひるごはん

lunch

昼γͺγŠζš—γ„ ひるγͺγŠγγ‚‰γ„

dark even in the daytime

η™½ζ˜Όε€’ はくけゅうむ

daydream

お昼 γŠγ²γ‚‹

lunch

ζ˜Όε…‰θ‰² けゅうこうしょく

daylight color

ζ˜Όι–“δΊΊε£ γ‘γ‚…γ†γ‹γ‚“γ˜γ‚“γ“γ†

daytime population

昼倜帯 γ‘γ‚…γ†γ‚„γŠγ³

women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

昼席 ひるせき

matinee (performance)

小昼 こひる

just before noon

ζ˜Όι£Ÿζ™‚ γ‘γ‚…γ†γ—γ‚‡γγ˜

lunch time

ζ˜Όε€œγ‚’εˆ†γ‹γŸγš γ‘γ‚…γ†γ‚„γ‚’γ‚γ‹γŸγš

by day and night

ζ˜Όι‘” γ²γ‚‹γŒγŠ

Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)

ζ˜Όε…‰ けゅうこう

daylight

ζ˜Όι–“θ¨—ε…ζ‰€ γ‘γ‚…γ†γ‹γ‚“γŸγγ˜γ—γ‚‡

day-care center

η™½ζ˜Όε ‚γ€… はくけゅうどうどう

openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight

η™½ζ˜Όε…¬η„Ά γ―γγ‘γ‚…γ†γ“γ†γœγ‚“

openly and in broad daylight