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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 昼

    昼

    昼ひる

    daytime

    N4KMT8Freq #1115Daily LifeKanji9 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ひる

    On'yomi

    チュウ

    daytimenoon

    尺旦

    尸
    八
    日
    一

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    旦昜暄暘晝普春昵晋旦暄春昜晝曁曝普昵暘曠尺

    Concepts using this kanji

    昼

    noon

    昼食

    lunch

    昼間

    daytime

    昼過ぎ

    just past noon

    昼夜

    day and night

    昼前

    morning

    昼休み

    lunch break

    昼下がり

    early afternoon

    昼寝

    (afternoon) nap

    白昼

    daytime

    お昼

    lunch

    昼ご飯

    lunch

    昼日中

    daytime

    真昼

    midday

    昼三

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

    昼中

    daytime

    昼会

    afternoon meeting

    昼間人口

    daytime population

    一昼夜

    whole day and night

    小昼

    just before noon

    昼時

    noon

    昼間部

    daytime session (of a school, university, etc.)

    昼の部

    daytime

    昼行性

    diurnality

    昼夜を分かたず

    by day and night

    昼食会

    luncheon meeting

    真っ昼間

    broad daylight

    昼食時

    lunch time

    昼間時数

    daytime hours

    昼夜を問わず

    day and night

    昼食代

    lunch price

    昼食後

    after lunch

    昼席

    matinee (performance)

    昼光

    daylight

    白昼公然

    openly and in broad daylight

    昼も夜も

    day and night

    夜昼

    day and night

    春昼

    spring day (which seems long and quiet)

    昼職

    daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)

    朝昼夕

    morning, afternoon and evening

    昼光色

    daylight color

    昼興行

    matinee

    昼夜帯

    women's obi with a different colour on each side (originally black and white)

    平日昼顔妻

    housewife having an affair while her husband is at work

    昼帯

    soap opera

    軍配昼顔

    beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae)

    昼ドラ

    daytime television serial

    昼メロ

    soap opera

    昼ドラマ

    daytime television serial

    昼夜逆転

    one's days and nights being reversed

    昼光色電球

    daylight lamp

    昼夜兼行

    around-the-clock

    白昼堂々

    openly (unashamedly) in broad daylight

    真昼の夢

    daydream

    昼夜を舎かず

    continuing day and night

    白昼夢

    daydream

    昼勤

    day shift

    昼間託児所

    day-care center

    浜昼顔

    seashore false bindweed (Calystegia soldanella)

    昼顔

    Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)

    昼行灯

    dunce

    朝昼晩

    morning, afternoon and evening

    盗人の昼寝

    there's a reason behind every action

    昼礼

    afternoon assembly (at a company, etc.)

    炎昼

    hot summer early afternoon

    昼なお暗い

    dark even in the daytime

    昼間障害標識

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

    昼休憩

    lunch break

    昼盲症

    hemeralopia

    昼頃

    about noon

    昼餐

    luncheon

    昼鳶

    sneak thief

    昼餉

    lunch

    昼飯

    lunch

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    • 一
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    • 尸
    • 日

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    • 一昼夜
    • 真っ昼間
    • 真昼
    • 昼
    • 昼も夜も
    • 昼下がり
    • 昼過ぎ
    • 昼休み
    • 昼興行
    • 昼光色電球
    • 昼行灯
    • 昼頃
    • 昼餐
    • 昼時
    • 昼食会
    • 昼寝
    • 昼前
    • 昼鳶
    • 昼日中
    • 昼飯
    • 昼夜
    • 昼夜を舎かず
    • 昼夜兼行
    • 昼礼
    • 白昼
    • 夜昼
    • 昼間
    • 昼食
    • 昼ご飯
    • 昼なお暗い
    • 白昼夢
    • お昼
    • 昼光色
    • 昼夜帯
    • 昼席
    • 昼間人口
    • 小昼
    • 昼食時
    • 昼夜を分かたず
    • 昼顔
    • 昼光
    • 昼間託児所
    • 白昼堂々
    • 白昼公然
    • 昼夜逆転
    • 昼食代
    • 昼勤
    • 真昼の夢
    • 昼食後
    • 浜昼顔
    • 軍配昼顔
    • 昼間時数
    • 昼中
    • 昼行性
    • 昼三
    • 春昼
    • 昼の部
    • 昼間障害標識
    • 昼ドラ
    • 昼メロ
    • 昼帯
    • 昼ドラマ
    • 昼夜を問わず
    • 平日昼顔妻
    • 昼職
    • 炎昼
    • 盗人の昼寝
    • 朝昼夕
    • 朝昼晩
    • 昼間部
    • 昼休憩
    • 昼餉
    • 昼会
    • 昼盲症

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