Kanji: 午

    • Meaning : noon,"sign of the horse",11AM-1PM,"seventh sign of Chinese zodiac"
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : うま
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 4
    • Frequency of use ranking : 154
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • ぎ - ひるすぎ - after noon
  • - ごさん - lunch/dinner
  • - ごぜんちゅう - this morning/in the morning/throughout the morning
  • | - ごご - afternoon/p.m.
  • - ごさんかい - luncheon party
  • - ごぜんさま - coming home after midnight/person who comes home after midnight
  • - うま - seventh sign of Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)
  • - ごこく - noon
  • - ごぜん - morning/a.m.
  • - ごほう - noon gun
  • - ごごじゅう - throughout the afternoon
  • - ごすい - nap/siesta
  • - うまどし - year of the horse
  • - ごごいち - first thing in the afternoon
  • - しょうご - noon/mid-day
  • - ほんしょしごせん - prime meridian
  • - ていご - noon
  • | - ひる - noon/midday | daytime | lunch
  • - たんごのせっく - Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)
  • - ひのえうま | へいご - 43rd year of the sexagenary cycle (year of the Fire Horse, renowned for disasters and the birth of women destined to kill their husbands)
  • - こうごのうみんせんそう - Donghak Peasant Revolution
  • - しごせん - the meridian
  • - たんご - Boy's Day celebration (May 5th)
  • - しごかん - meridian circle