午

See also 牛, and 干

Translingual

Han character

午 (radical 24 十+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人十 (OJ), X人十 (XOJ), four-corner 8040₀, composition ⿱丿干)

1. noon
2. seventh of twelve earth branches (十二支): horse (馬) of Chinese zodiac

References

• KangXi: page 156, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2703
• Dae Jaweon: page 354, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 406, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5348

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Cantonese

Hanzi

午 (Yale ng5)

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Japanese

Kanji

午 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ご (go)
• Kun: うま (uma)

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Korean

Hanja

午
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 오 (revised: o, McCune-Reischauer: o)

• Name (hangeul): 낮()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

午 (pinyin wǔ (wu3), Wade-Giles wu³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

午 (ngọ, ngỏ, ngõ)