午

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

4 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 154.

Readings

• ゴ (on reading): 午後 (ごご) afternoon; 午前 (ごぜん) morning
• うま (kun reading): 丙午 (ひのえうま) Fire Horse (43rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026); 壬午 (みずのえうま) Water Horse (19th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)

Components

• 丿
• 干
• ノ radical slash, katakana no
• 乞 radical beg
• 十 radical ten
• 干 radical dry; shield

Kanji containing 午

• 許 permit
• 卸 wholesale
• 杵 wooden pestle
• 忤 insubordinate

Words using 午

• 午後 (ごご) afternoon
• 午前 (ごぜん) morning
• 午前中 (ごぜんちゅう) in the morning
• 正午 (しょうご) noon
• 午後休 (ごごきゅう) taking the afternoon off
• 丙午 (ひのえうま) Fire Horse (43rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
• 壬午 (みずのえうま) Water Horse (19th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)
• 戊午 (つちのえうま) Earth Horse (55th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
• 初午 (はつうま) first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month
• 庚午 (かのえうま) Metal Horse (7th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)

44 words in all.

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