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午

wǔ

Definition

noon
midday
radical (Kang Xi 24)
7th earthly branch (period from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month [6th June-6th July])
year of the Horse
ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (8)

to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps

pestle; to poke

disobedient; unfilial

pottery; jar; meaning component (containers, vessel, earthenware...); radical (Kang Xi 121)

equal; well-matched; to violate

obstinate, perverse

covered pot

obstinate, disobedient, intractable

Related words (27)

noon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap

morning; a.m.

afternoon

midnight

lunch banquet

11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

to take a nap; siesta

siesta; afternoon nap

lunch; luncheon

lunch

luncheon

morning; forenoon

afternoon

forty third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026

noon; midday; noonday; noon midday

(literary) noon

towards noon; around midday

nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062

(dialect) morning

seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050

fifty fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038

noon

midday; noon; noonday

thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014

meridian

shuì wǔ jiào

to have a nap

本初子午线

běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn

the first meridian; the prime meridian

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