昼 Noon

Radical Combination

• 尺

  Shrimp
• 日

  Sun
• 一

  Ground

Meaning

Primary

Noon

Mnemonic

A giant shrimp appears on top of the sun after it rises high above the ground, and this is how you know it's noon. The shrimp appears on the sun exactly at noon every day, to announce that it's noon.

Hints

Really try to imagine this giant shrimp on the sun as a normal thing that happens, without fail, every day at noon. "Hey guys, it's noon," the shrimp announces casually, then leaves again.

Readings

On’yomi

ちゅう

Kun’yomi

ひる

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

At noon, the shrimp also puts on its high heels (ひる). It wants to look good for the other shrimp it's going to lunch with. High noon? More like high heels, am I right?

Hints

Right after the shrimp's noon announcement, imagine it struggling to put on heels while sitting on the sun. This shrimp is almost bigger than the sun, actually, so all its heel struggles are easy to see.