午
Meanings
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- 1.7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
- 2.ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
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Wiktionary
- 1.the seventh of the twelve earthly branches
- 2.the seventh year of the Jovian orbital cycle
- 3.the fifth month of the Chinese calendar
- 4.the double hour from 11 am to 1 pm
- 5.noon
- 6.the middle of a period of time
- 7.the south
- 8.the horse (according to the Chinese zodiac)
- 9.in a criss-cross manner; to cross each other
- 10.a surname
- 11.to dance (move rhythmically)
- 12.dance (performance art); dancing (Classifier: 個／个 m; 支 m)
- 13.to dance with something in one's hands
- 14.to wield; to brandish; to shake
- 15.to fly; to flutter
- 16.to play with
- 17.to mess with; to play with; to tease
- 18.to fiddle with; to be busy with; to handle; to operate
- 19.a surname, Wu
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) – a pestle (now written 杵). Unrelated to 干. See the central component of 舂 and 秦 in their original version. Norman (1985) proposed connection with Austroasiatic; Ferlus (2013) noted a "[g]ood correspondence" between Proto-Vietic *m-ŋəːʔ (whence Vietnamese ngựa) and Old Chinese reconstructions like *m-qʰˁaʔ (Baxter-Sagart) and *ᵀs.ŋaʔ (Ferlus). Also compare Proto-Hlai *hŋaːʔ (“horse”), Proto-Kra *ŋja C (“horse”). Alternatively, Smith (2011) proposed 午 (OC *ŋaːʔ)'s cognacy with 啎 (OC *ŋaːs) "to meet head on" and 御 (OC *ŋas) "to meet in (battle)" and suggested that "the moon at its full phase opposes the sun directly in the sky, meaning *ŋaaʔ 午 is probably to be glossed, given *-ʔ , ‘facing stage’". Schuessler (2007) regarded 午 (OC ŋâh) "to go against" as a mere graphic variant of 啎 and thus deemed the sense "to go against" distinct from the "earthly branch" sense.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
她不想吃午飯。
She didn't feel like eating lunch.
她不想吃午飯。
She was not in the mood for lunch.
我剛吃過午飯。
I have just eaten lunch.
我剛吃過午飯。
I've just eaten lunch.
我剛吃過午飯。
I've just had lunch.
你吃過午飯了嗎？
Have you had lunch yet?
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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