上午 (shàng wǔ)

Character breakdown

• 上 (shǎng) · 3 strokes

  Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 (two). Opposite of 下.

• 午 (wǔ) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice, now written as 杵. The current meaning "noon" is a phonetic loan.

Example sentences

1. 我上午慢跑。 — I jog in the morning.
2. 今天上午下雨。 — It will rain this morning.
3. 昨天上午下大雨。 — It rained hard yesterday morning.
4. 她上午学习英语。 — She studied English in the morning.
5. 她上午学了英语。 — She studied English in the morning.

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