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晝

zhòu

daytime

Origin unclear. 日 represents the meaning.

Components
聿 unknown component

聿  Unknown component

yù

  

writing brush

The purpose of this component is unclear.

日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

一 unknown component

一  Unknown component

yī

  

one

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Evolution

晝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
晝 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
晝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
晝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
晝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

昼 (晝) 

zhòu

daytime, daylight; daytime

Most common words with 晝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

昼夜

day and night

白昼

daytime

昼

daytime

不分昼夜

day and night

昼伏夜出

nocturnal

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*truk-s

trjuwH

zhòu

daytime


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2651st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

昼

Unicode

U+665D

Shuowen

“晝，日之出入，與夜為界。从畫省，从日。，籀文晝。”


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