Memory phrase for the character: 午

午

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Meaning

noon

Pronunciation

 GO

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
Image of a pestle (handle at the top), that hits the middle of the mortar, like 'noon' is the middle of the day.

Radicals

午 noonCompare with "box" 缶 [かま, カン], which shows a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. Just as the pestle is vertical in the mortar, the sun is vertical at noon.
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
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 Vocabulary

午前 ごぜん  morning, A.M., am
午後 ごご  afternoon, p.m., pm
正午 しょうご  noon, mid-day

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