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午

午 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うま。十二支の7番目。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。杵を象る。「きね」を意味する漢語｛杵｝を表す字。のち仮借して「十二支の7番目」を意味する漢語｛午｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゴElem.
Kun (native)
  • うま
Other languages
  • 拼音wu3
  • 한글o
  • Hán-ViệtNgọ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
十(じゅう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 4
Unicode
U+5348

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠂉十

Words using this kanji

  • 午後ごご正午から午前零時まで。 （口語的用法）正午から日没まで。afternoon, p.m.
  • 午前ごぜん零時から正午まで。 （口語的用法）日の出から正午まで。morning, a.m.
  • 午うまうま。十二支の７番目。the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm), south
  • 午前中ごぜんちゅう午前の間。in the morning, during the morning
  • 午刻ごこくnoon
  • 午餐ごさん昼食をとること。lunch, luncheon
  • 午睡ごすい昼間、午後に短時間の睡眠をとること。夏の季語。 昼間に睡眠をとる。nap, siesta
  • 午年うまどしyear of the Horse
  • 午砲ごほうnoon gun, noonday gun
  • 午飯ごはんlunch
  • 午後中ごごじゅうthroughout the afternoon
  • 午餐会ごさんかいluncheon party
  • 午前様ごぜんさま酒宴や遊興などで午前零時を過ぎて帰宅すること。また、そのような人。coming home after midnight, person who comes home after midnight
  • 午後一ごごいち午後の業務の開始直後。first thing in the afternoon
  • 午の刻うまのこくhour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)
  • 午の日うまのひday of the Horse
  • 午の年うまのとしyear of the Horse
  • 午前休ごぜんきゅうtaking the morning off, time off during the morning
  • 午後休ごごきゅうtaking the afternoon off, time off during the afternoon
  • 午前零時ごぜんれいじmidnight, 12am

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-2
Four Corner
8040.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2k2.2
Heisig
610
Nelson
162