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午时 (wǔ shí): meaning and stroke order

午时 (wǔ shí) means 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times).

午时

Simplified
午时
Traditional
午時
Pinyin
wǔ shí

Stroke order of 午时

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

时

  • shí old variant of 時|时[shi2]
  • Shí surname Shi
  • shí o'clock; time
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 旹

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 午时

  1. wǔ shí Traditional 午時
    • 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

Radicals of the characters

午
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 4 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 十 below
时
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 7 strokes · 日 on the left, 寸 on the right

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.

午时 in our stories

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  • 袁守诚掐指一算：“明天辰时布云，巳时打雷，午时下雨，未时雨停，共三尺三寸零四十八点。”

    Yuán Shǒuchéng qiā zhǐ yí suàn míngtiān chénshí bù yún sìshí dǎléi wǔshí xiàyǔ wèishí yǔ tíng gòng sān chǐ sān cùn líng sìshíbā diǎn

    Yuan Shoucheng counted on his fingers: "Tomorrow clouds gather at the hour of the Dragon, thunder at the Snake, rain at the Horse, stopping at the Goat: three feet, three inches and forty-eight drops in all."

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 午时

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).