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Mythic Mandarin

上午 (shàng wǔ): meaning and stroke order

上午 (shàng wǔ) means morning, 个.

上午

Simplified
上午
Traditional
上午 (same form)
Pinyin
shàng wǔ

Stroke order of 上午

上

  • shǎng used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
  • shàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts)
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

午

  • wǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 上午

  1. shàng wǔ
    • morning
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

上
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes
午
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 4 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 十 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

上午 in our stories

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  • 周一上午，采购经理陶然要和一家老供应商谈明年的合同。

    zhōuyī shàngwǔ cǎigòu jīnglǐ Táo Rán yào hé yì jiā lǎo gōngyìngshāng tán míngnián de hétong

    On Monday morning, purchasing manager Tao Ran was due to negotiate next year's contract with a long-standing supplier.

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 周六上午，老城区的社区中心里坐满了人，一场关于“早市该不该拆”的听证会正在进行。

    zhōuliù shàngwǔ lǎochéng qū de shèqū zhōngxīn lǐ zuòmǎn le rén yì chǎng guānyú zǎoshì gāi bù gāi chāi de tīngzhènghuì zhèngzài jìnxíng

    On Saturday morning the community centre in the old town was packed: a hearing on whether the morning market should be demolished was under way.

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 上午

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).