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昼

zhòu

daytime, daylight

💡 Ideographic: When the sun is a foot 尺 above the horizon 旦

HSK 6 9 strokes Common (27%)

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尺

chǐ

ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.

旦

dàn

dawn; morning; day

⿵尺旦 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chǐ

尺

ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.

💡 Ideographic: Picture of a man measuring by pacing

4 strokes HSK 5

shī

尸

body, corpse

📷 Pictographic: A man keeled over

3 strokes HSK 6

gōu

乚

secret, hidden, mysterious; small, minute; to conceal

1 strokes

dàn

旦

dawn; morning; day

💡 Ideographic: The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一

5 strokes HSK 5

rì

日

sun; day; daytime

📷 Pictographic: The sun

4 strokes HSK 2

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 昼 (14)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

昼夜 ↗

zhòuyè

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

zhòuyè

昼夜 ↗

HSK 6

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

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

bǐzhòuzuòyè

俾昼作夜 ↗

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

俨如白昼 ↗

yǎnrúbáizhòu

as bright as daylight (idiom)

yǎnrúbáizhòu

俨如白昼 ↗

as bright as daylight (idiom)

卜昼卜夜 ↗

bǔzhòubǔyè

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

bǔzhòubǔyè

卜昼卜夜 ↗

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

夜行昼伏 ↗

yèxíngzhòufú

to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)

yèxíngzhòufú

夜行昼伏 ↗

to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)

宰予昼寝 ↗

ZǎiYǔzhòuqǐn

Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

ZǎiYǔzhòuqǐn

宰予昼寝 ↗

Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

昼伏夜出 ↗

zhòufúyèchū

nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night

zhòufúyèchū

昼伏夜出 ↗

nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night

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