午 wǔ noon; midday
Made up of [十 shí ten; 10 radical 24, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]Made with 4 strokes.
Ancient small seal form
Related characters
Also uses 十 shí component: 半 bàn (half) 德 dé (virtue) ; 盾 dùn (shield) ; 古 gǔ (ancient) ; 华 huá (splendid) ; 卖 mài (sell) ; 南 nán (south) ; 啤 pí (hops) ; 什 shén (what) ; 载 zài (to carry) ; 早 zǎo (early) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 支 zhī (to support)
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 乎 hū (at) ; 久 jiǔ (long time) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 乐 lè (music) ; 么 me (what) ; 乃 nǎi (to be) ; 年 nián (year) ; 少 shǎo (less) ; 生 shēng (produce) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 族 zú (clan)
Sounds same
五 wǔ (five) ; 武 wǔ (martial)Different tone
乌 wū (crow) ; 屋 wū (house) ; 无 wú (not to have) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 务 wù (affair) ; 物 wù (thing)Stroke order for character 午, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚
Phrases
上 午 shàng wǔ Morning中 午 zhōng wǔ Lunchtime
下 午 xià wǔ Afternoon