Chinese symbol for “nocturnal”
昼伏夜出
zhòu fú yè chū
Traditional: 晝伏夜出
nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nocturnal is 昼伏夜出 (zhòu fú yè chū), defined as: nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nocturnal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 昼伏夜出.
| 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 |
| 昼夜节律 (晝夜節律) | zhòu yè jié lǜ | circadian rhythm |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down; to undulate |
| 潜伏 (潛伏) | qián fú | to hide; to cover up |
| 埋伏 | mái fú | to ambush; to lie in wait for |
| 夜晚 | yè wǎn | night; 个 (gè) |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nocturnal”.
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.