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昼 = 尺 + 旦
昼 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “daytime”. It is built from 尺 (shaku) and 旦 (nightbreak). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1156.
- Keyword
- daytime
- RTK frame
- 1156
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ひる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- дневное время
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 昼 daytime
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 昼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shaku” + “nightbreak”. 昼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 昼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.