Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 昼

昼

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Meaning

 daytime, daylight

Pronunciation

 zhòu

Explanation

 Top: Length measurement Chǐ 尺 (Chinese foot = 30.3 cm), below: Sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 over the horizon 一)

Mnemonic

In Chǐ you measure when the sun is one foot above the horizon: then it is daytime.

Radicals

尺 chin. foot
旦 sun rise(sun over the horizon)
日 sun, day
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Vocabulary

昼夜 zhòu yè day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
俨如白昼 yǎn rú bái zhòu as bright as daylight (idiom)

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