Chinese symbol for “diurnal”
昼行性
zhòu xíng xìng
Traditional: 晝行性
diurnality; diurnal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diurnal is 昼行性 (zhòu xíng xìng), defined as: diurnality; diurnal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昼行性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 昼夜 (晝夜) | zhòu yè | day and night; period of 24 hours |
| 白昼 (白晝) | bái zhòu | daytime |
| 不分昼夜 (不分晝夜) | bù fēn zhòu yè | day and night; round-the-clock |
| 极昼 (極晝) | jí zhòu | polar day |
| 昼伏夜出 (晝伏夜出) | zhòu fú yè chū | nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night |
| 昼夜节律 (晝夜節律) | zhòu yè jié lǜ | circadian rhythm |
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diurnal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.