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Keyword
midday
  • daytime
  • noon
Frequency
#1115
Strokes
9
Grade
2
JLPT (old)
N3
Heisig
1156
Readings
ひる85%
チュウ15%
Mnemonic
You hold a measuring ruler against the start of the day and watch the shadow shrink until it vanishes at midday, sun straight overhead.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
昼ひる
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
Noun
昼ちゅう食しょく
lunch; midday meal
Noun
昼ひる間ま
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
Noun
お昼ひる
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up; rising
Noun
昼ひる寝ね
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
Noun
昼ひるご飯はん
lunch; midday meal
Noun
昼ひる飯めし
lunch; midday meal
Noun
昼ひる休やすみ
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
Noun
昼ちゅう夜や
day and night
Noun
昼ひる過すぎ
just past noon; afternoon
Noun
昼ひる前まえ
morning; forenoon; just before noon
Noun
昼ちゅう食じき
lunch; midday meal
Noun
昼ひる下さがり
early afternoon
Noun
白はく昼ちゅう
daytime; midday
Noun
真ま昼ひる
midday; broad daylight
Noun
真まっ昼ぴる間ま
broad daylight
Noun
白はく昼ちゅう夢む
daydream; waking dream
Noun
昼ひる顔がお
Belle de Jour (novel, film)
Noun
昼ちゅう三さん
highest ranking prostitute in Edo's Yoshiwara red-light district (from the Hōreki era onward)
Noun
昼行灯ひるあんどん
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (a) lantern at noon
Noun
昼ひる顔がお
Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
Noun
一いっ昼ちゅう夜や
whole day and night; 24 hours
Noun
昼ちゅう光こう色しょく
daylight color; daylight colour
Noun
昼ひる日ひ中なか
daytime; noon; broad daylight
Expression