| Chinese Text Project |
| 晝 U+665D |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 昼 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 日+ 7 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.435#13 Kangxi: p.495#43 Cihai: p.641r4c03 GSR: 1075.a Hanyu: v2,p1515#02 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𣻱 𮉂 |
| Mandarin: | zhòu ㄓㄡˋ |
| Cantonese: | zau3 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *djiòu |
| Shuowen: | 《畫部》晝：日之出入，與夜為界。从畫省，从日。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·去聲·宥·晝》晝：日中又姓晝邑大夫之後因氏焉出風俗通。陟救切，三。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·日部·七》晝：《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》𠀤陟救切，音呪。《說文》日之出入，與夜爲界。从畫省，从日。《易·晉卦》晝日三接。又地名。《孟子》三宿，而後出晝。又姓。《風俗通》晝邑大夫之後，因氏焉。又《韻補》叶株遇切。《張衡·西京賦》衞尉八屯，警夜巡晝。植鎩懸瞂，用戒不虞。虞去聲。 |
| Fanqie: | 陟救 (《廣韻·去聲·宥·晝》) |
| Unihan definition: | daytime, daylight |
Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 宰予晝寢。 |
| Zai Yu being asleep during the daytime. | |
| 《孟子·告子上》: | 其日夜之所息，平旦之氣，其好惡與人相近也者幾希，則其旦晝之所為，有梏亡之矣。 |
| But there is a development of its life day and night, and in the calm air of the morning, just between night and day, the mind feels in a degree those desires and aversions which are proper to humanity, but the feeling is not strong, and it is fettered and destroyed by what takes place during the day. | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 夫晝居於內，問其疾可也。 |
| When a man stops during the daytime in his inner (chamber), it is allowable to come and ask about his illness. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 或曰：「為其不舍晝夜與？」 |
| The other said: Because it does not stop flowing day or night? | |
| 《墨子·明鬼下》: | 非惟若書之說為然 也1，昔者鄭穆公，當晝日中處乎廟，有神入門而左，鳥身，素服三絕，面狀正方。 |
| Not only does the record in this book prove it to be so. Formerly, Lord Mu of Qin (about 640 B.C.) was once in the temple at noon. A spirit entered and alighted. He had the face of a man but the body of a bird. His attire was plain and dark. His appearance was dignified. | |
| 《莊子·天道》: | 舜曰：「天德而出寧，日月照而四時行，若晝夜之有經，雲行而雨施矣。」 |
| Shun replied, 'When (a sovereign) possesses the virtue of Heaven, then when he shows himself in action, it is in stillness. The sun and moon (simply) shine, and the four seasons pursue their courses. So it is with the regular phenomena of day and night, and with the movement of the clouds by which the rain is distributed.' | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍爭》: | 故夜戰多火鼓，晝戰多旌旗，所以變人之耳目也。 |
| In night-fighting, then, make much use of signal-fires and drums, and in fighting by day, of flags and banners, as a means of influencing the ears and eyes of your army. | |
| 《史記·殷本紀》: | 湯乃改正朔，易服色，上白，朝會以晝。 |
| Tang altered the day of the New Year, and changed the colour of the dresses, white being uniformly worn at State functions. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 孔子曰：「《詩》云：『晝爾于茅，宵爾索綯，亟其乘屋，其始播百穀。』」 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 晨鳴曰發明，晝鳴曰保長，飛鳴曰上翔，集鳴曰歸昌。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 春分者，陰陽相半也，故晝夜均而寒暑平。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷六》: | 衛靈公晝寢而起，志氣益衰，使人馳召勇士公孫悁，道遭行人卜商，卜商曰：「何驅之疾也？」 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 是故君子思仁義，晝則忘食，夜則忘寐，日旦就業，夕而自省，以歿其身，亦可謂守業矣。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 晝食，太陽之始也。 |
| 《新書·脩政語上》: | 禹嘗晝不暇食，夜不暇寢矣，方是時也，憂務故也。 |
| 《新序·雜事二》: | 不知公子王孫，左把彈，右攝丸，定操持，審參連，故晝遊乎茂樹，夕和乎酸鹹。 |
| 《中論·脩本》: | 晝也與之遊，夜也與之息。 |
| 《孔子家語·困誓》: | 孔子曰：「《詩》云：『晝爾于茅，宵爾索綯，亟其乘屋，其始播百穀。』」 |
| 《潛夫論·潛歎》: | 自此之後，天下之有美女者，乃皆重室晝閉，唯恐紂之聞也。 |
| 《論衡·偶會》: | 猶人以夜臥晝起矣，夜月光盡，不可以作，人力亦倦，欲壹休息。 |
| 《太玄經·玄測都序》: | 夜則測陰，晝則測陽，晝夜之測，或否或臧。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 辤曰：「臣卜其晝，未卜其夜，不敢。」 |
| 《孔叢子·記義》: | 孔子晝息於室而鼓琴焉。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 天子有四時，朝以聽政，晝以訪問，夕以脩令，夜以安身。 |
| 《新語·思務》: | 日□□□□□□□□八宿並列，各有所主，萬端異路，千法異形，聖人因其勢而調之，使小大不得相，方圓不得相干，分之以度，紀之以節，星不晝見，日不夜照，雷不冬發，霜不夏降。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 行扈氏農正、晝為民驅鳥，宵扈氏農正、夜為民驅獸。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 晝漏盡，鐘鳴則息也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 晝寢而夢，遊於華胥氏之國。 |
| 《鶡冠子·度萬》: | 夫生生而倍其本，則德專己知無道，上亂天文，下滅地理，中絕人和，治漸終始，故聽而無聞，視而無見，白晝而闇。 |
| 《文子·精誠》: | 逆天暴物，即日月薄蝕，五星失行，四時相乘，晝明宵光，山崩川涸，冬雷夏霜。 |
| 《文始真經·二柱》: | 彼非氣者，未嘗有晝夜。 |
| 《列仙傳·祝雞翁》: | 暮棲樹上，晝放散之。 |
| 《鬻子》: | 昔者五帝之治天下也，其道昭昭若日月之明然，若以晝代夜然。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 天無以清將恐裂，言天當有陰陽弛張，晝夜更用，不可但欲清明無已時，將恐分裂不為天。 |
| 《韓非子·解老》: | 盲則不能避晝日之險，聾則不能知雷霆之害，狂則不能免人間法令之禍。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 晝無事者夜不夢。 |
| 《管子·明法解》: | 如天之與地也，其分晝之不同也，如白之與黑也。 |
| 《吳子·應變》: | 起對曰：「凡戰之法，晝以旌旗旛麾為節，夜以金鼓笳笛為節。」 |
| 《六韜·軍用》: | 電影青莖赤羽，以鐵為首，晝則以絳縞，長六尺，廣六寸，為光耀。 |
| 《周髀算經·卷上》: | 冬至、夏至者，日道發歛之所生也至，晝夜長短之所極。 |
| 《淮南子·繆稱訓》: | 日不知夜，月不知晝，日月為明而弗能兼也，唯天地能函之。 |
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