昼夜 zhòuyè Day and night

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Traditional: 晝夜

Stroke order

昼夜 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

昼夜 — the Chinese character for Day and night (zhòuyè), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 昼夜 — Day and night

昼 — 9 strokes
夜 — 8 strokes

Senses

day and night
period of 24 hours
continuously, without stop

Characters in 昼夜

昼 zhòu — daytime
夜 yè — night

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

昼夜 is pronounced zhòuyè and means “Day and night”.

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