昼

common

チュウ/CHŪ/    ひる/hiru/CHUU/チュウ/    hiru/ひる/

daytime;  noon

Radical: 日 (sun).   Strokes: 9画.   Elements: 一日尸丶.   Variants: 晝.   Pinyin: zhòu.   Hangul: 주 [ju].

Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade.   JLPT N4.

Example compounds:
チュウCHŪ白昼【はくちゅうhakuchū】daytime; midday
昼夜【ちゅうやchūya】day and night
昼食【ちゅうしょくchūshoku】lunch; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
ひるhiru昼飯【ひるめしhirumeshi】lunch; midday meal
真昼【まひるmahiru】midday; broad daylight
お昼【おひるohiru】lunch; noon
Codepoints and classification codes:
663c–Unicode
35-75–JIS X 0208
3-3-6–SKIP
4c5.15–TKD
7710.6–Four Corner
3772–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
53–Classic Nelson
2450–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
3097–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
1972–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
1075–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
863–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
983–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
828–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
13886–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 0 p. 0
172–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
470–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
279–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
189–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
188–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
184–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
92–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
2.15–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
974–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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