noon; midday

Made up of [ shí ten; 10 radical 24, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]
Made with 4 strokes.
Ancient small seal form Small seal

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Also uses shí component: bàn (half) (virtue) ; dùn (shield) ; (ancient) ; huá (splendid) ; mài (sell) ; nán (south) ; (hops) ; shén (what) ; zài (to carry) ; zǎo (early) ; zhí (straight) ; zhī (to support)
Also uses 丿 piě component: (certainly) (younger brother) ; (at) ; jiǔ (long time) ; jiǔ (nine) ; (music) ; me (what) ; nǎi (to be) ; nián (year) ; shǎo (less) ; shēng (produce) ; shī (to lose) ; (do not) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (justice) ; zhī (him) ; (clan)

Sounds same

(five) ; (martial)

Different tone

(crow) ; (house) ; (not to have) ; (do not) ; (fifth (ordinal)) ; (affair) ; (thing)

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stroke order for 午
Stroke order for character 午, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license

Phrases

shàng wǔ Morning
zhōng wǔ Lunchtime
xià wǔ Afternoon

Also

端午节 Duānwǔjié Dragon Boat Festival