昼
晝zhòu
#2,645 most
frequent character
daytime
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
昼 is a short form of 晝. It has 旦 sunrise as its meaning part, and 尺, which is an empty part that was once 聿. It first meant daytime, and from there came the sense daylight.
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