晝
zhòu

daytime

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approved by Prismcool · Apr 15, 2024, 03:37 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Apr 15, 2024, 03:37 AM

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Origin unclear. 日 represents the meaning.

Components

聿
聿 Unknown component

The purpose of this component is unclear.

日
日 Meaning component
一
一 Unknown component

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrjuwHtruk-s daytime

說文解字

《說文》：“晝，日之出入，與夜為界。从畫省，从日。，籀文晝。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.221
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)