午: Noon; Sign Of The Horse; 11am-1pmKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (ゴ)

• 午前ごぜんmorning; a.m.
• 午後ごごafternoon; p.m.
• 正午しょうごnoon; midday
• 午前中ごぜんちゅうin the morning; during the morning
• 子午線しごせんmeridian; meridian line
• 端午たんごBoy's Day celebration (May 5)
• 亭午ていごnoon
• 午刻ごこくnoon
• 午前様ごぜんさまcoming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
• 午前零時ごぜんれいじmidnight; 12am
• 午后ごごafternoon; p.m.
• 午後一ごごいちfirst thing in the afternoon
• 午後零時ごごれいじnoon; 12pm
• 午睡ごすいnap; siesta
• 午砲ごほうnoon gun; noonday gun
• 午蹄中目ごていちゅうもくMeridiungulata; extinct clade of South American ungulates
• 午飯ごはんlunch
• 午餐ごさんlunch; dinner
• 午餐会ごさんかいluncheon party
• 子午環しごかんmeridian circle
• 本初子午線ほんしょしごせんprime meridian
• 甲午農民戦争こうごのうみんせんそうDonghak Peasant Revolution
• 真正午しんしょうごapparent noon; true noon
• 磁気子午線じきしごせんmagnetic meridian
• 端午の節句たんごのせっくBoy's Day celebration (May 5)
• 視正午ししょうごapparent noon; true noon

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 午うまthe Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)
• 丙午ひのえうまFire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
• 初午はつうまfirst "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
• 午の刻うまのこくhour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)
• 午の日うまのひday of the Horse
• 午年うまどしyear of the Horse
• 壬午みずのえうまWater Horse (19th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)
• 庚午かのえうまMetal Horse (7th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)
• 戊午つちのえうまEarth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
• 甲午きのえうまWood Horse (31st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)

Other readings

• 午すぎひるすぎjust past noon; afternoon
• 午後イチごごいちfirst thing in the afternoon
• 午後中ごごじゅうthroughout the afternoon
• 午過ぎひるすぎjust past noon; afternoon
• 庚午年籍こうごねんじゃくKōgo register; Japan's first census register (670)

Kanji that often appear with 午

• 後
• 前
• 子
• 正
• 中
• 線
• 端
• 初
• 刻
• 零
• 時
• 年