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The character 昼, representing daytime, stems from its traditional form 晝, a structural composition that places the sun radical 日 beneath a component historically derived from 聿, a depiction of a hand holding a brush, to conceptually illustrate the demarcation of daylight hours from night. This etymology has consistently informed its meaning, which has remained fixed on the period of sunlight since its inception. Over time, the character's form underwent graphical simplification to 昼, preserving the central 日 while streamlining the upper elements, yet without any divergence from its original semantic value concerning the day's illuminated span.
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今天的白昼很长。
昼间我们工作。
昼夜温差很大。
白昼比夜晚明亮。
夏季的昼更长。
昼短夜长是冬季的特点。
在昼光下阅读对眼睛更好。
尽管昼很热，但人们还是外出工作。