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Kanji Detail for 午 - "noon, horse, midday"

  • Meaning

    午 means "noon, horse, midday."

    1. Noon - Midday.

    2. Horse - The seventh of the twelve zodiac signs.

    3. South - The direction.

    4. Time - Twelve o'clock noon, and the two hours around it.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    seventh earthly branch

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    noon; 7th terrestrial branch

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The seventh of the twelve earthly branches. The time from 11 AM to 1 PM is 午時. | Midday is called 午. Such as 午前 (before noon), 午後 (afternoon), 上午 (morning), 下午 (afternoon). | To intersect. 旁午 is like saying distributed crosswise, speaking of the busyness of affairs. | In the old calendar, the Big Dipper points to 午 in the fifth month. Hence the fifth month is also called 午月. The fifth day is 端午. Commonly called 午節.
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