午 (wǔ): meaning and stroke order
午 (wǔ) means 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July).
午
- Simplified
- 午
- Traditional
- 午 (same form)
- Pinyin
- wǔ
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Stroke order of 午
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)
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Meaning of 午
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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)
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 午
- 上午 shàng wǔ morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 下午 xià wǔ afternoon; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 中午 zhōng wǔ noon; midday
- 午时 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 午饭 wǔ fàn lunch; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
- 端午节 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
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).