昼(zhòu)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 晝

daytime

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Character information

Pinyin
zhòu
Meaning
daytime
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
晝

Origin & structure

Where 昼 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿵尺旦

When the sun is a foot 尺 above the horizon 旦

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

尺chǐ旦dàn

Parts are arranged enclosing from above.

Traditional form 晝: day

How to write 昼 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 昼

Common words using 昼 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhòu昼yè夜
HSK 7-9

day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop

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bái白zhòu昼

daytime

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zhòu昼xíng行xìng性

diurnality; diurnal

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bǐ俾yè夜zuò作zhòu昼

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

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bǐ俾zhòu昼zuò作yè夜

to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regard…

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bǔ卜zhòu昼bǔ卜yè夜

day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

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zhòu昼fú伏yè夜chū出

nocturnal

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zhòu昼yè夜jié节lǜ律

circadian rhythm

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