昼ひる

See also: 晝ひる

昼ひる	U+663C, 昼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-663C

← 昻
[U+663B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

昽 →
[U+663D]

Translingual

Japanese	昼ひる
Simplified	昼ひる
Traditional	晝ひる

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 晝ひる (聿 → 尺しゃく)

Han character

昼ひる (Kangxi radical 72, 日ひ+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 尸しかばね人じん日び一いち (SOAM), composition ⿵尺しゃく旦だん)

daytime, daylight

References

Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 494, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13886
Dae Jaweon: page 859, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1504, character 3
Unihan data for U+663C

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 昼ひる – see 晝ひる (“daytime; day; daylight; lunch; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 晝ひる).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	昼ひる
Kyūjitai	晝ひる

Kanji

昼ひる

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝ひる)

Readings

Go-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちゅう (chū, Jōyō)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
Kun: ひる (hiru, 昼ひる, Jōyō)
Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
昼ひる
ひる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
晝ひる (kyūjitai) 午うま (noon)

⟨pi₁ru⟩ → */pʲiru/ → /ɸiru/ → /hiru/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *piru (“daytime”).

Derived from 日ひ (hi, “day”), suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 夜よる (yoru, “night, evening”), which seems to use this same ru element.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひる [hìrúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çiɾɯ̟]

Noun

昼ひる(ひる) • (hiru)

the daytime
Synonym: 昼間ひるま (chūkan, hiruma)

Antonyms: 明あかるい間あいだ (akarui ma), 夜よる (yoru)
午うま: the noon, midday
Synonym: 正午しょうご (shōgo)
Short for 昼ひるご飯はん (hiru gohan) or 昼飯ひるめし (hirumeshi): lunch
the heyday or peak period of something

Derived terms

Idioms

昼ひる(ひる)を欺(あざむ)く (hiru o azamuku)
提ひさげ(ちょう)灯ひ(ちん)を昼ひる(ひる)灯ひ(とも)す (chōchin o hiru tomosu)
夜よる(よる)となく昼ひる(ひる)となく (yoru to naku hiru to naku)
夜よる(よる)を昼ひる(ひる)になす (yoru o hiru ni nasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
昼ひる
ちゅう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝ひる (kyūjitai)

/tiu/ → /t͡ɕiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 晝ひる (MC trjuwH)

Affix

昼ひる(ちゅう) • (chū) ^{←ちう (tiu)^?}

day, daytime
noon, midday

Derived terms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Okinawan

Kanji

昼ひる

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 晝ひる)

Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅー (chū)
Kun: ふぃる (firu, 昼ひる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
昼ひる
ふぃる Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
晝ひる (kyūjitai)

Cognate with mainland Japanese 昼ひる (hiru).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) ふぃる [fíꜜrù] (Kakō - [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɸiɾu]

Noun

昼ひる(ふぃる) (firu)

the daytime
Antonym: 夜よる (yuru)
the noon, midday

References

^ Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立こくりつ国語こくご研究所けんきゅうじょ) (1963) 沖縄おきなわ語ご辞典じてん (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京とうきょう): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省ざいむしょう印刷いんさつ局きょく)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[3] Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立こくりつ国語こくご研究所けんきゅうじょ) (1963) 沖縄おきなわ語ご辞典じてん (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京とうきょう): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省ざいむしょう印刷いんさつ局きょく)

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