晝 meaning and stroke order
Daytime, daylight
How to write 晝, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 晝
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- daytime
How 晝 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Day.
旦 gives the meaning and 聿 hints at the sound.
Radical: 日 (sun), shared by 116 characters on this site.
How to remember 晝
晝 is built from 聿 on top of 旦 (dàn), the sun rising over the horizon. Picture a brush 聿 writing by the light of the sun 旦 to remember that 晝 means daytime.
晝 (zhòu) is the traditional form and is rarely used alone. It mostly appears in set words like 晝夜 (zhòuyè, day and night) and 白晝 (báizhòu, broad daylight). Example: 他們晝夜不停地工作。(Tāmen zhòuyè bù tíng de gōngzuò.) They worked day and night without stopping.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 晝 with 畫 (huà, painting) and 書 (shū, book), because all three share 聿 on top. Remember that 晝 has 旦, the sun over a line, at the bottom.
Common words with 晝
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 晝
How many strokes are in 晝?
晝 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 晝 mean?
晝 (zhòu) means daytime, daylight. A common word with it is 昼夜 (zhòuyè), meaning "day and night; period of 24 hours".
How do you pronounce 晝?
晝 is pronounced zhòu, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 晝?
The radical of 晝 is 日, which carries the idea of "sun". Dictionaries list 晝 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 晝?
晝 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 昼, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 晝 the same as 天 or 白天 for saying daytime?
In everyday speech people say 白天 (báitiān) for daytime. 晝 sounds formal or literary and mainly lives inside fixed words like 晝夜 and 白晝.
What is the opposite of 晝?
The opposite is 夜 (yè), night. The two often appear together as 晝夜 (zhòuyè), meaning day and night or a full 24-hour period.