# 午 noon

干 (dry out) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★★★
4 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

GO | Get Out of my house by noon!

## Mnemonic

| Let's call the single line (upper left corner) a left sock. Thus: Every NOON, I hang my left sock out to dry.

## Jukugo

午前(ごぜん) | AM ★★★★★ 午 (noon) + 前 (before) = 午前 (AM) AM , before noon.
午後(ごご) | pm ★★★★★ 午 (noon) + 後 (afterwards / behind) = 午後 (pm)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
牛 | cow | HEAD |
午 | noon | NO HEAD |

The cow has a head that sticks up in the middle.

Noon does not have a head because it is an abstract concept, not a physical animal with four nipples.

I had to google that. This is my job.

## Used In

- 牛
- 許
- 缶