昼 – daytime, noon

9 strokesTaught in grade 2#1115 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 昼 means daytime, noon. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is チュウ (chuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひる (hiru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	チュウ	chuu
Kun’yomi	ひる	hiru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 一・日・尸・丶.

Words using 昼

昼ひるnoon昼御飯ひるごはんlunch昼間ひるまdaytime昼休みひるやすみlunch breakお昼おひるlunch昼食ちゅうしょくlunch昼寝ひるね(afternoon) nap昼飯ひるめしlunch

Example sentences

ケンは昼まで家にいるでしょう。

Ken will be at home until noon.

Tatoeba #225117

私は昼も夜も彼女のことを考えている。

I think of her day and night.

Tatoeba #155088

昼はホットドッグを食べたんだ。

I ate a hot dog for lunch.

Tatoeba #155091

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.