漢字城 Kanji Fortress

昼 daytime

Also: noon

On'yomi
チュウ
Kun'yomi
ひる
Strokes
9
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
昼 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Hold up a 尺 measuring stick against 旦, the sun sitting on the horizon, and measure how high it has climbed — the tall part of the day is daytime.

A common word

  • 昼食 ちゅうしょく lunch

Example sentences

  • おひるごはんをたべましょう。

    Let's eat lunch.

  • ひるはあつくて、よるはさむいです。

    It's hot in the daytime and cold at night.

Kanji that share a part

日 is its radical. 78 kanji share it in all.

尺 is a component.

  • 駅 station
  • 尽 exhaust N2
  • 沢 swamp N1
  • 択 choose N1
  • 釈 explain N1
  • 訳 translate N1