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昼
JLPT N4 SL2 9 strokes Frequency: #1115

Meanings

Daytime, Noon

Radicals

尸

Decomposition

⿵尺旦

Etymology

Ideographic: When the sun is a foot 尺 above the horizon 旦

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)
チュウ chuu
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひる hiru

Words Using This Kanji

71 words total
Other (20 words)
昼夜逆転 ちゅうやぎゃくてん

one's days and nights being reversed

昼食代 ちゅうしょくだい

lunch price

昼勤 ちゅうきん

day shift

真昼の夢 まひるのゆめ

daydream

昼食後 ちゅうしょくご

after lunch

軍配昼顔 ぐんばいひるがお

beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

浜昼顔 はまひるがお

seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)

昼間時数 ちゅうかんじすう

daytime hours

昼中 ひるなか

daytime

昼行性 ちゅうこうせい

diurnality

昼三 ちゅうさん

highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)

春昼 しゅんちゅう

spring day (which seems long and quiet)

昼の部 ひるのぶ

daytime

昼間障害標識 ちゅうかんしょうがいひょうしき

obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

昼ドラ ひるドラ

daytime television serial

昼ドラマ ひるドラマ

daytime television serial

昼メロ ひるメロ

soap opera

昼帯 ひるおび

soap opera

昼夜を問わず ちゅうやをとわず

day and night

平日昼顔妻 へいじつひるがおづま

housewife having an affair while her husband is at work

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