What is the Kanji for "Noon"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Noon", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Noon" is "午".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Uma".

Its onyomi reading is "Go".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The radical "𠂉" means "Person" . And The kanji "十" means "Ten" and can be read as "Juu" and "Too".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "午" mean in japanese?

"午" means "Noon".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Second Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N5 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

午後: "Afternoon". The Japanese noun '午後 (ごご)' means 'afternoon'. This word is used to refer to the time period between noon and evening, usually starting around 12pm and ending around 6pm. It can be used in expressions like '午後から公園に行きます' (I will go to the park in the afternoon). Some example sentences: Let's meet in the afternoon - (午後に会いましょう). I worked in the afternoon today - (今日は午後に仕事をしました).

午前: "Morning". The Japanese noun '午前 (ごぜん)' means 'morning'. This term is used to refer to the first half of the day, typically from midnight to noon. It is often used in expressions such as '午前中 (ごぜんじゅう)', which means 'in the morning'. For example: I went to the store in the morning - (私は午前中に店に行きました). The meeting is scheduled for the morning - (会議は午前に予定されています).

正午: "Noon". The Japanese noun '正午 (しょうご)' refers to the time of the day when the sun is directly overhead, usually around 12:00 pm. It is the middle of the day and the highest point of the sun in the sky. For example: The meeting is scheduled for noon - (会議は正午に行われます). At noon, the sun was high in the sky - (正午には太陽が空高く輝いていました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ご" is read as "go". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.