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KanjiN5Grade 2 · 小24 strokesRadical 十#154 in newspapers

午 · noon, sign of the horse

午 is a kanji meaning noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N5 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ゴgo

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • うまuma

Practise the N5 kanji

In 第2巻 JLPT N5, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 午 · 3 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 午
WordReadingMeaningLevel
午後ごごafternoon, P.M.N5
午前ごぜんmorning, A.M.N5
正午しょうごnoon, mid-dayN3

Example sentence

午後は休みだった。

ごごはやすみだった

We had the afternoon off.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #174389 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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4 strokes
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