# 晝

| 晝 | U+665D, &#26205; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-665D |
| ← 晜 [U+665C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 晞 → [U+665E] |

## Translingual

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

### Han character

晝 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中土日一 (LGAM), four-corner 5010$_6$, composition ⿱書一)

#### Derived characters

* 𣻱, 𮉂

#### Related characters

* 昼 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 495, character 43
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13948
* Dae Jaweon: page 862, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1515, character 2
* Unihan data for U+665D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 聿 + 日 (“sun”). Used to mean “daytime” in ancient texts.
The significance and meaning of the 聿 component, as present in the oracle bone inscriptions, is not clear. Various theories exist, including that it serves as a phonetic component, in which case the character would be a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tus): phonetic 聿 (OC *b·lud) + semantic 日 (“sun”).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-duk (“daytime; noon”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan གདུགས (gdugs, “midday; umbrella”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zou$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zau$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ziu$^1$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): zau$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ziu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chu
    (Hailu, HRS): zhiu$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zou$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): de̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): dáu / diú
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dao$^4$ / diu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tàu / tiù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dao$^3$ / diu$^6$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): dao$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tseu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhou$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^4$
*** Yale: jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: zou$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡səu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^3$
*** Yale: jau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ziu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siu³³/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: zau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ʃɐu²⁴/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ziu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɨu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zhiu$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃiu¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡səu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: de̿
*** Sinological IPA : /te³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dáu / diú
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑu²¹³/, /tiɛu²¹³/
* dáu - vernacular;
* diú - literary.
* Middle Chinese: trjuwH
Rime :
| Character | 晝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟救切 |
| Baxter | trjuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tus/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 晝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*truk-s/ |
| English | daytime |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 晝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17554 |
| Phonetic component | 晝 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 晝 |
| Old Chinese | /*tus/ |

#### Definitions

晝
* daytime; day; daylight
    From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
    Zǎi Yǔ zhòuqǐn. [Pinyin]
    Zai Yu was asleep at daytime.
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Zhòu ěr yú máo, xiāo ěr suǒ táo. [Pinyin]
    In the day time collect the grass, and at night twist it into ropes.
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shì hào shì hū, bǐ zhòu zuò yè. [Pinyin]
    Amid clamour and shouting, you turn the day into night.
* (Hakka, Min) lunch
* An ancient placename in modern-day Zibo, Shandong province, China.
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 日, 晝, 白晝, 白日 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 日間, 白天, 白日, 白晝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 白天, 白晌兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 白天 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 白天 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 白夜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 白夜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 白夜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 白夜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 白天, 白夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 白日兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 白夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 白間 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 白日 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 白夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 白夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 白夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 白夜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 白日兒, 白知 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 白兒個 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 白兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 白日兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 白兒裡, 白兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Dingbian | 白天, 白日 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 大白天, 白天 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 白天, 白日 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 白天, 白日, 大天白日 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 白天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 白天 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 白天, 白天家, 大白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu (Xindu) | 白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 白天裡, 白天, 日裡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 白天, 白天家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 白天, 日裡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 白天 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kokang | 白日 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 白天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 白天 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 日裡頭, 日裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 日裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 日裡頭, 日裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 天裡 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 日間 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 日頭, 天光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 日起 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 日間 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 日, 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 白天, 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 日基頭 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 日時 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 日子頭 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 日頭, 日間 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 日裡 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 白日, 日間 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 日間 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 日頭, 日間頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 日頭, 日間頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 日間 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 白日, 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 日頭, 日裡 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 白日, 日頭, 白日頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 白日, 日裡 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 白日頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 白日頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 白日, 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 白日, 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 日頭 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 白日 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 白天, 日 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 日上 |
| Gan | Pengze | 日上 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 日上 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 日裡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 日晨頭, 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 日子時 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 日時 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 白天 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 日晨頭, 日哩晨 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 日哩 |
| Hakka | Zijin | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 日子頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 日子頭 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 日晡頭 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 白天 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 日哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 日裡 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 日子頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 日子頭 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 日晝 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 日晝 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 日晝 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 日帝, 日帝晨 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 日晝晨 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 日晨 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 日晨 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 日裡, 日裡晨 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 日裡 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 日顛 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 日裡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 日間 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 日間 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 日頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 日間 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 白天 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 白日頭, 日間頭 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 日間頭, 日辰頭 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 日嚟頭 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 白日 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 日裡, 日裡頭 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 日子晨 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 日子晨 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 日子晨 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 日子晨 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 日子晨 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 日晨頭, 白日 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 日晨頭, 白日 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 日晨頭 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 天光白日, 日時頭 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 日晨頭 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 日子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 日間 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 日間 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 日間 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 日間 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 日裡 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 日家 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 日裡 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 日上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 白天, 白日 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 亮白日 |
| Jin | Datong | 白天 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 白天, 白日 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 白天, 白兒 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 白天 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 白天 |
| Jin | Linhe | 白天 |
| Jin | Jining | 大白天 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 白天 |
| Jin | Baotou | 大白天 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 白天 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 白天 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 日時, 日當 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 日當 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 白日 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 半日 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 半日 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 日分, 日中 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 日上 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 日上 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 日中, 日晝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 日中, 下晝囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 日中, 日裡中 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 日中頭 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 日頭 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 日間 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 日中 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 日過頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 日中 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 日時, 白日 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 日時, 白日 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 上日, 日時 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 日時, 白日, 日間 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 日時仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 日間, 大長白日 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 日間 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 日間, 日時仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 日時 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 日時, 日時仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 日時, 日時仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 日頭, 日晝頭 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 日間, 日工 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 白日 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Pingtian) | 白日 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 白日, 日間 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 白日 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 日頭時 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 日旰 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 日旰, 一日 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 一日 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 日旰, 日頭 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 日時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 日旰 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 日旰 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 日旰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 日旰, 日頭 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 日頭 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 日頭, 日 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 日頭 |
| Southern Min | Tunchang | 日頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 日頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 日中央, 日時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 日中央, 日時 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 日時 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 白日 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 白日 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 白日 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 白日 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 日頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 日頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 白日, 日裡 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 白日 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 日來 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 白日頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 白日 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 日裡, 日裡向, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 日裡向, 日裡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 日裡向, 日裡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 日裡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengpu, Wuzhong) | 日裡向 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Wujiang) | 日裡向 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 日裡頭, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Changshu | 日裡頭, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 日裡, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 日勒 |
| Wu | Liyang | 日裡, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 白天, 日裡 |
| Wu | Yixing | 日裡, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 日裡 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 白天, 日裡 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 日裡 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 日裡向, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 日裡, 日裡頭, 日裡向 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 日裡, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Zhuji | 日勒 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 日場頭 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 日場勒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 日裡, 日裡向, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 日裡 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 日特 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 日裡 |
| Wu | Yongjia | 日啦 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 日裡, 日裡頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 日裡, 日頭 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 日裡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 日裡, 白天 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 日裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 日裡 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 日裡 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 白天 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 午飯, 午餐, 午膳, 中餐, 中飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 午飯, 晌午飯, 晌飯, 早飯 first meal in a two meal system |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 午餐, 午飯, 中餐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晌午飯, 晌飯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 午餐 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 晌飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 晌午飯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 晌午 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 中飯, 晌午飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 晌午飯 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 晌午 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 晌午, 午飯, 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 午飯, 中飯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晌午飯, 晌午 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 中飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 中飯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 中飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏, 中午飯, 午餐, lunch |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 中午飯, 晏 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 晏晝飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 早飯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 晏 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 早朝, 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 早朝 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 晏晝 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晏 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 晝飯, 中飯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 晝飯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 中飯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 晝 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 晝 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 晝 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 晏晝 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 晝 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 晝飯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 晌午飯, 中午飯 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 晌午飯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 晝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 晝 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 晝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 晝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 晝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 中晝飯, 中晝頓 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝, 下晡頓 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 日晝飯 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 日晝, 日晝飯, 日晝頓 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 下晝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 下旰飯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 日晝糜 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 日晝糜, 日晝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 日頭晝糜, 日晝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 日晝, 日晝飯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 早飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 中飯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 點心 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 中飯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 晝飯, 中飯 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 中飯 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 晝飯, 晝過飯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 日晝, 日晝廚 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 午飯 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 中飯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 中飯 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 中飯, 晌飯, 晚飯 second meal in a two meal system |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 晌午飯 |

#### Compounds

* 上晝 / 上昼 (shàngzhòu)
* 下晝 / 下昼 (xiàzhòu)
* 不分晝夜 / 不分昼夜
* 不捨晝夜 / 不舍昼夜
* 不舍晝夜 / 不舍昼夜
* 中晝 / 中昼 (tiong-tàu) (Min Nan)
* 俾晝作夜 / 俾昼作夜
* 卜夜卜晝 / 卜夜卜昼
* 卜晝卜夜 / 卜昼卜夜
* 夜以繼晝 / 夜以继昼
* 夜行晝伏 / 夜行昼伏
* 旦晝 / 旦昼
* 早晝 / 早昼
* 晏晝 / 晏昼
* 晝伏 / 昼伏
* 晝伏夜出 / 昼伏夜出 (zhòufúyèchū)
* 晝伏夜游 / 昼伏夜游
* 晝分 / 昼分
* 晝夜 / 昼夜 (zhòuyè)
* 晝夜停勻 / 昼夜停匀
* 晝夜兼行 / 昼夜兼行
* 晝寢 / 昼寝 (zhòuqǐn)
* 晝日 / 昼日 (zhòurì)
* 晝日晝夜 / 昼日昼夜
* 晝暝 / 昼暝
* 晝短夜長 / 昼短夜长
* 晝錦之榮 / 昼锦之荣
* 晝錦堂 / 昼锦堂
* 晝錦榮歸 / 昼锦荣归
* 晝食 / 昼食
* 月明如晝 / 月明如昼 (yuè míng rú zhòu)
* 欲晝仔 / 欲昼仔 (beh-tàu-á) (Min Nan)
* 永晝 / 永昼
* 沒晝夜 / 没昼夜
* 炫晝縞夜 / 炫昼缟夜
* 照如白晝 / 照如白昼
* 白晝 / 白昼 (báizhòu)
* 衣繡晝行 / 衣绣昼行
* 衣錦晝游 / 衣锦昼游

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 晝 – see 畫 (“to write; to draw; to paint; to divide by a line; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 畫).

### References

* “晝”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 昼 |
| Kyūjitai | 晝 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 昼)
* Kyūjitai form of 昼

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゅう (chū)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
* Kun: ひる (hiru, 晝)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 晝 – see the following entry. :
| 【昼】2 | [kanji] second grade kanji Kanji reading: ちゅう, ひる, あき, あきら |
(This term, 晝, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 晝 (MC trjuwH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 듀ᇢ〮 (Yale: tyúw) | 듀ᇢ〮 (Yale: tyúw) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 낫〮 (Yale: nás) | 듀〯 (Yale: tyǔ) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕu]
* Phonetic hangul: [주]

### Hanja

Wikisource 晝 (eumhun 낮 주 (nat ju))
* hanja form of 주 (“daytime”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 백주 (白晝, baekju)
* 불철주야 (不撤晝夜, bulcheoljuya)
* 주간 (晝間, jugan)
* 주야 (晝夜, juya)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

Derived from 日 (pi$_1$, “day”), suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 夜 (yo$_1$) → 夜 (yo$_1$ru, “night, evening”), which seems to use this same ru element.
(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Noun

晝 (pi$_1$ru) (kana ひる)
* the daytime
** 711–712, Kojiki, poem 21:宇泥備夜麻比流波久毛登韋由布佐禮婆加是布加牟登曾許能波佐夜牙流Unebi$_2$-yama pi$_1$ru pa kumo$_1$ to$_2$ wi yupu sareba kaza pukamu to$_2$ so$_2$ ko$_2$no$_2$pa sayage$_1$ru(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* 夜晝 (yo$_1$rupi$_1$ru)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 昼 (hiru)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

晝: Hán Nôm readings: chú, trú
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation