午後

Kanji breakdown

• 午 (wǔ) · 4 strokes

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

• 後 (hòu) · 9 strokes

  Depicts someone's foot (夂) being held back by a rope (幺), preventing them from being able to walk (彳) forward.

Example sentences

1. 午後二時です。 — It's two o'clock in the afternoon.
2. 午後八時です。 — It's eight o'clock at night.
3. 午後は休みだった。 — We had the afternoon off.
4. 午後はどうだった？ — How was your afternoon?
5. 午後は何やりたい？ — What do you want to do in the afternoon?

View all 50 example sentences for 午後 →