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Character Decomposition
昼=尺+旦
Etymology
When the sun is a foot 尺 above the horizon 旦
Meanings
daytime
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Words with 昼 93 total
Idioms with 昼 33 total Chain
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil · work especially hard俾夜作昼bǐ yè zuò zhòuto make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour俾昼作夜bǐ zhòu zuò yèday and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)卜昼卜夜bǔ zhòu bǔ yè