漢字城 Kanji Fortress

午 noon

On'yomi
ゴ
Kun'yomi
うま
Strokes
4
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
午 is written in 4 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A 丿 slash of sunlight falls straight down on the 干 pole, and the pole's shadow shrinks to nothing — it is exactly noon.

A common word

  • 午前 ごぜん morning / AM

Example sentences

  • ごぜんはちじにおきました。

    I got up at eight in the morning.

  • ごご、ともだちとあいます。

    I'm meeting a friend in the afternoon.

Don't confuse it with

  • 干 dry N3

Kanji that share a part

丿 is its radical. 62 kanji share it in all.

干 is a component.