中午 (zhōng wǔ)

Character breakdown

• 中 (Zhōng) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a flagpole. There is a circle in the middle marking the center of the flagpole. In older forms of the character, the flagpole has streamers at the top and bottom used to show the direction of…

• 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. 现在才中午。 — It is just noon.
2. 昨天中午有雾。 — There was fog at noon yesterday.
3. Ken中午以前会在家。 — Ken will be at home until noon.
4. 中午，我抵达东京。 — I arrived in Tokyo at noon.
5. 今天中午你在家吗？ — Will you be at home at midday today?

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