Question

昼 ひる 昼(ひる): (1) noon; midday (2) daytime (3) lunch昼食(ちゅうしょく): (1) lunch; midday meal (2) food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)昼間(ひるま): daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period昼休み(ひるやすみ): lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period昼寝(ひるね): nap (afternoon); siestaお昼(おひる): lunch; noon昼飯(ひるめし): lunch; midday meal昼ご飯(ひるごはん): lunch; midday meal 2 尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule旦: daybreak; dawn; morning 日 4 晝 daytime In a Zelda game, you can warp to the daytime if you play your shakuhachi to bring about nightbreak... or your ocarina if you don´t have a shakuhachi.

Accepted Answer

チュウ daytime, noon 4 1115 9 72 ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Roosters in Japan are very civilised, they play the shakuhachi at nightbreak to signify the beginning of daytime.

Kanji	昼
Onyomi	チュウ
Kunyomi	ひる
English	daytime, noon
Examples	昼(ひる): (1) noon; midday (2) daytime (3) lunch 昼食(ちゅうしょく): (1) lunch; midday meal (2) food served at a tea party (tea ceremony) 昼間(ひるま): daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period 昼休み(ひるやすみ): lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period 昼寝(ひるね): nap (afternoon); siesta お昼(おひる): lunch; noon 昼飯(ひるめし): lunch; midday meal 昼ご飯(ひるごはん): lunch; midday meal
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	1115
Components	尺: shaku; Japanese foot; measure; scale; rule 旦: daybreak; dawn; morning
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	日
Radical Number	72
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form	晝
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	daytime
Koohii Story 1	Roosters in Japan are very civilised, they play the shakuhachi at nightbreak to signify the beginning of daytime.
Koohii Story 2	In a Zelda game, you can warp to the daytime if you play your shakuhachi to bring about nightbreak... or your ocarina if you don´t have a shakuhachi.

Noon Midday Lunch Daytime Meal Period Play Shakuhachi