Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 9

昼

Meaning in English

daytime, noon, journée

Readings

Onyomi: チュウ Kunyomi: ひる Romaji: chuu / hiru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

昼

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese dia, meio-dia, dia

Spanish día, mediodía, journée

Korean 낮, 정오, 주르네

French jour, midi, journée

Italian giorno, mezzogiorno, giorno

German tagsüber, Mittag, journée

Indonesian siang hari, tengah hari, journée

★ Vietnamese ban ngày, buổi trưa, ngày

Thai กลางวัน, เที่ยง, journée

Kanji

Related kanji

N1 昂 kou, gou / a.garu, taka.i, taka.buru rise, subir, elevar N1 晏 an / oso.i late, quiet, sets (sun) N1 晟 sei, jou / akiraka clear, claro N1 晨 shin / ashita, toki, asa morning, early, mañana N4 早 sou, satsu / haya.i, haya, haya-, haya.maru, haya.meru, sa- early, fast, tôt N1 旬 jun, shun decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products) N2 普 fu / amane.ku, amaneshi universal, wide(ly), generally N3 景 kei scenery, view, paysage N1 智 chi wisdom, intellect, reason

Word

Words with this kanji

N4 昼間 hiruma daytime, during the day N4 昼休み hiruyasumi lunch break, noon recess N5 昼ご飯 hirugohan lunch N5 昼ご飯を食べます hirugohan o tabemasu eat lunch N5 昼 hiru noon, daytime

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N4 忙しくて、昼ご飯を食べられませんでした。 Isogashikute, hirugohan o taberaremasen deshita. I was busy and could not eat lunch. N5 一緒に昼ご飯を食べませんか。 Issho ni hirugohan o tabemasen ka. Shall we eat lunch together? N5 昼ご飯の後で勉強します。 Hirugohan no ato de benkyou shimasu. I study after lunch. N5 私は昼ご飯を食べます。 Watashi wa hirugohan o tabemasu. I eat lunch.