昼

• 読み: ひる
• ローマ字: hiru
• 漢字の分解: 昼 (hiru/chuu) — noon, daytime
• 発音: /çi.ɾɯ/

意味

Noon; midday; daytime. The middle part of the day.

Covers the period around noon and early afternoon. Most commonly heard in 昼ご飯 (hirugohan, lunch) and お昼 (ohiru, lunchtime, polite). Can also mean 'daytime' broadly, as opposed to 夜 (night). The compound 昼休み (hiruyasumi, lunch break) is essential workplace vocabulary.

例文

1. 昼ご飯に何を食べますか。
2. 昼は暖かいですが、夜は寒いです。
3. 昼休みに散歩をします。

使い方ガイド

場面: meals, daily routines, weather

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 昼 originally depicted the sun (日) at its highest point, with a hand measuring its position in the sky.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal