昼

ひる · hiru · JLPT N5 · noun

daytime

☀️ hiru = the HEAt-RUsh hours: noon and daytime

The kanji 昼 has 日 (sun, day) inside it, sitting above a baseline 一: the sun at its high point over the horizon. Hiru is the opposite of yoru (night), and it turns up in hirugohan (lunch) and hirune (a midday nap).

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