晝

Related characters

 * (Japanese and )

Glyph origin
. Used to mean “daytime” in ancient texts.

The significance and meaning of the component, as present in the, is not clear. Various theories exist, including that it serves as a phonetic component, in which case the character would be a.

Etymology 1
From (STEDT). Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) daytime; day; daylight
 * 2)  lunch
 * 1)  lunch
 * 1)  lunch
 * 1)  lunch

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Derived from, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare →, which seems to use this same ru element.

Noun

 * 1) the daytime