晝 (zau3 | zhou4) : daytime; daylight

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晝

zau3

zhou4

1] day; daytime; daylight [2] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

晝 / 昼

Don't confuse with:
書畫盡

This word has been viewed 7521 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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晏晝 aan3 zau3 = afternoon 粵

上晝 soeng6 zau3 shang4 zhou4 = morning

下晝 haa6 zau3 = afternoon

晏晝飯 aan3 zau3 faan6 = lunch 粵

半晝 bun3 zau3 ban4 zhou4 = half day 粵

晝夜 zau3 je6 zhou4 ye4 = day and night

不分晝夜 bat1 fan1 zau3 je6 bu4 fen1 zhou4 ye4 = not distinguish between day and night

白晝 baak6 zau3 bai2 zhou4 = daytime

極晝 gik6 zau3 ji2 zhou4 = midnight sun

下半晝 haa6 bun3 zau3 xia4 ban4 zhou4 = afternoon

Showing 1 example containing 晝

朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞粵
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 晝
Unicode code for this character: U+665D (off-site link)

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