昼 means “noon”

ひる · hiru

Also: daytime

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ひる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チュウ

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 9 strokes

The story

The sun reaches its highest point, casting the shortest shadow. A ruler measures the moment when light is king.

Used in 昼ご飯 (hirugohan, lunch) and 昼寝 (hirune, nap)

More from Seasons & Time

• 夏 summer
• 時 time
• 週 week
• 朝 morning
• 新 new
• 暗 dark
• 夕 evening
• 今 now
• 冬 winter
• 古 old
• 早 early
• 先 ahead

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.