午 – noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM

4 strokesTaught in grade 2#154 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 午 means noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゴ (go); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うま (uma). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 十 (no. 24).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゴ	go
Kun’yomi	うま	uma

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 十 (Kangxi radical 24). Components: ノ・干・十・乞.

Words using 午

午後ごごafternoon午前ごぜんmorning正午しょうごnoon

Example sentences

その急行は午後六時三十分着だ。

The express arrives at 6:30 p.m.

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その電車は午前９時にここを出発します。

The train departs here at 9:00 a.m.

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私たちは、普通正午に昼食を食べます。

We usually have lunch at noon.

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Kanji with the same radical

十協千半南単卒博卓卑

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