昼
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See also: 晝
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Translingual
| Japanese | 昼 |
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| Simplified | 昼 |
| Traditional | 晝 |
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Etymology
Han character
昼 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸人日一 (SOAM), composition ⿵尺旦)
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:
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Japanese
| 昼 | |
| 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 |
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| 昼 |
| ひる Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 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
Noun
- the daytime
- 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
Derived terms
- 御昼 (ohiru)
- 昼遊び (hiruasobi)
- 昼行灯 (hiru andon)
- 昼顔 (hirugao)
- 昼鐘 (hirugane)
- 昼から (hiru kara)
- 昼川 (hirukawa)
- 昼狐 (hirugitsune)
- 昼餉 (hiruge)
- 昼後 (hirugo)
- 昼強盗 (hiru gōdō)
- 昼ご飯 (hiru gohan)
- 昼頃 (hirugoro)
- 昼下がり (hirusagari)
- 昼侍 (hirusaburai)
- 昼時分 (hiru jibun)
- 昼仕舞 (hirujimai)
- 昼過ぎ (hirusugi)
- 昼過ぎる (hirusugiru)
- 昼席 (hiruseki)
- 昼立ち (hirudachi)
- 昼つ方 (hiru tsu kata)
- 昼天 (hiruten)
- 昼当場 (hiru tōba)
- 昼時 (hirudoki)
- 昼途飯 (hirutoba)
- 昼鳶 (hirutonbi)
- 昼中 (hirunaka)
- 昼成る (hirunaru)
- 昼盗人 (hiru nusubito)
- 昼寝 (hirune)
- 昼鼠 (hirunezumi)
- 昼の御座 (hiru no omashi)
- 昼の局 (hiru no tsubone)
- 昼船 (hirubune)
- 昼弁当 (hiru bentō)
- 昼間 (hiruma)
- 昼前 (hirumae)
- 昼飯 (hirumeshi)
- 昼養い (hiruyashinai)
- 昼休 (hiruyasumi)
- 昼破り子 (hiruwarigo)
- 小昼 (kohiru)
- 早昼 (hayahiru)
- 真昼 (mahiru)
- 夜昼 (yoruhiru)
Idioms
Idioms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 昼 |
| ちゅう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 晝 (kyūjitai) |
/tiu/ → /t͡ɕiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/
From Middle Chinese 晝 (MC trjuwH)
Affix
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
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
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| 昼 |
| ふぃる Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 晝 (kyūjitai) |
Cognate with mainland Japanese 昼 (hiru).
Pronunciation
Noun
昼 (firu)
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)