ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

sun; day middle; centre
simp. and trad.
(日中)
anagram 中日

PronunciationEdit


NounEdit

日中

  1. (literary or dialectal) noon
  2. (literary) equinox
  3. (Min Dong, Jianyang Min Bei) daytime
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
  • (Min Dong: day): 暝晡 (“night”)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Japan China
simp. and trad.
(日中)
anagram 中日

PronunciationEdit


Proper nounEdit

日中

  1. Japan and China; (attributive) Japanese-Chinese

JapaneseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Kanji in this term
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

(Japan) +‎ (China) or blend of (Nihon, Nippon, Japan) +‎ (Chūgoku, China)

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

(にっ)(ちゅう) (Nitchū

  1. (collective, chiefly attributive) Japan and China
    Synonyms: 日華 (Nikka), 中日 (Chūnichi)
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(かん)(けい)
    Nitchū kankei
    Sino-Japanese relations
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(きょう)(どう)(せい)(めい)
    Nitchū Kyōdō Seimei
    the Japan–China Joint Communiqué
    (にっ)(ちゅう)(けい)(ざい)(きょう)(かい)
    Nitchū Keizai Kyōkai
    the Japan-China Economic Association

See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Kanji in this term
にち > にっ
Grade: 1
ちゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Sinitic 日中. Date of borrowing unknown.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(にっ)(ちゅう) (nitchū

  1. the daytime, during the day
  2. noon, midday
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
なか
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Compound of (hi, day) +‎ (naka, middle).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

()(なか) (hinaka

  1. the daytime, during the day
  2. a half day, half of a day
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN