# 昼

| 昼 | U+663C, &#26172; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-663C |
| ← 昻 [U+663B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 昽 → [U+663D] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 昼 |
| Simplified | 昼 |
| Traditional | 晝 |

### 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

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)
* 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)
⟨pi$_1$ru⟩ → */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 –)
* IPA: [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

* 御(お)昼(ひる) (ohiru)
* 昼(ひる)遊(あそ)び (hiruasobi)
* 昼(ひる)行(あん)灯(どん) (hiru andon)
* 昼(ヒル)顔(ガオ) (hirugao)
* 昼(ひる)鐘(がね) (hirugane)
* 昼(ひる)から (hiru kara)
* 昼(ひる)川(かわ) (hirukawa)
* 昼(ひる)狐(ぎつね) (hirugitsune)
* 昼(ひる)餉(げ) (hiruge)
* 昼(ひる)後(ご) (hirugo)
* 昼(ひる)強(ごう)盗(どう) (hiru gōdō)
* 昼(ひる)ご飯(はん) (hiru gohan)
* 昼(ひる)頃(ごろ) (hirugoro)
* 昼(ひる)下(さ)がり (hirusagari)
* 昼(ひる)侍(さぶらい) (hirusaburai)
* 昼(ひる)時(じ)分(ぶん) (hiru jibun)
* 昼(ひる)仕(じ)舞(まい) (hirujimai)
* 昼(ひる)過(す)ぎ (hirusugi)
* 昼(ひる)過(す)ぎる (hirusugiru)
* 昼(ひる)席(せき) (hiruseki)
* 昼(ひる)立(だ)ち (hirudachi)
* 昼(ひる)つ方(かた) (hiru tsu kata)
* 昼(ひる)天(てん) (hiruten)
* 昼(ひる)当(とう)場(ば) (hiru tōba)
* 昼(ひる)時(どき) (hirudoki)
* 昼(ひる)途(と)飯(ば) (hirutoba)
* 昼(ひる)鳶(とんび) (hirutonbi)
* 昼(ひる)中(なか) (hirunaka)
* 昼(ひる)成(な)る (hirunaru)
* 昼(ひる)盗(ぬす)人(びと) (hiru nusubito)
* 昼(ひる)寝(ね) (hirune)
* 昼(ひる)鼠(ねずみ) (hirunezumi)
* 昼(ひる)の御(お)座(まし) (hiru no omashi)
* 昼(ひる)の局(つぼね) (hiru no tsubone)
* 昼(ひる)船(ぶね) (hirubune)
* 昼(ひる)弁(べん)当(とう) (hiru bentō)
* 昼(ひる)間(ま) (hiruma)
* 昼(ひる)前(まえ) (hirumae)
* 昼(ひる)飯(めし) (hirumeshi)
* 昼(ひる)養(やしな)い (hiruyashinai)
* 昼(ひる)休(やすみ) (hiruyasumi)
* 昼(ひる)破(わ)り子(ご) (hiruwarigo)
* 小(こ)昼(ひる) (kohiru)
* 早(はや)昼(ひる) (hayahiru)
* 真(ま)昼(ひる) (mahiru)
* 夜(よる)昼(ひる) (yoruhiru)

##### 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)
* day, daytime
* noon, midday

##### Derived terms

* 昼(ちゅう)間(かん) (chūkan)
* 昼(ちゅう)光(こう) (chūkō)
* 昼(ちゅう)食(しょく) (chūshoku)
* 昼(ちゅう)盲(もう) (chūmō)
* 昼(ちゅう)夜(や) (chūya)
* 春(しゅん)昼(ちゅう) (shunchū)
* 白(はく)昼(ちゅう) (hakuchū)

### 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

(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 -)
* IPA: [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)