Kanji 午 — "Noon"
Here is what 午 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Noon" stick.
How it is read
ご
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
うま
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
The kanji Noon and its component both mean noon — the middle of the day!
- 午 Noon
It looks very similar to cow (牛), but it's not, because Noon is the time when cows get slaughtered.
Words that use 午
3 of 3 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 午後 ごご afternoon
- 午前 ごぜん morning, A.M.
- 正午 しょうご noon, mid-day
Want 午 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
