ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
昼 means daytime, noon
昼
昼Memory trick
The sun over the horizon (旦) and high in the sky: daytime, noon.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- daytime, noon
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ひる hiru
ひる (hiru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
From Chinese (onyomi) チュウ chuu
チュウ (chuu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
昼休み ひるやすみ · hiruyasumi
lunch break, noon recess
Built from
- 尸 body
- 日 sun, day
- 一 one
- 丶 dot
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
Quick check
What does 昼 mean?
Right: 昼 means daytime, noon.Not quite: 昼 means daytime, noon.In 昼休み, which reading does 昼 use?
Right. 昼休み is read ひるやすみ (hiruyasumi): 昼 takes ひる, its Japanese reading.Not quite. 昼休み is read ひるやすみ (hiruyasumi): 昼 takes ひる, its Japanese reading.