Jisho

×

午

4 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
ノ 十 干 乞
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
うま
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 午前 【ゴゼン】 morning, a.m.
  • 午後 【ゴゴ】 afternoon, p.m.
  • 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
  • 亭午 【テイゴ】 noon

Kun reading compounds

  • 午 【うま】 the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm), south, fifth month of the lunar calendar
  • 午年 【うまどし】 year of the Horse
  • 庚午 【かのえうま】 Metal Horse (7th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)
  • 甲午 【きのえうま】 Wood Horse (31st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu3
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • mediodía

Portuguese

  • meio-dia

French

  • midi
  • signe de la 7ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Cheval (zodiaque)
  • 11 h à 13 h
  • Sud (180°)
207 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
122 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
110 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
98 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
162 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
140 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
112 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
49 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
49 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
28 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
241 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2478 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1254 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1720 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
575 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2703 Morohashi
1984 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
604 New Nelson (John Haig)
568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
610 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
2k2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
8040.0 Four corner code
1-24-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5348 Unicode hex code

前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

零

13 strokes
Radical:
rain 雨
Parts:
一 个 卩 雨
zero, spill, overflow, nothing, cipher
Kun:
ぜろ、 こぼ.す、 こぼ.れる
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 零 【レイ】 zero, nought
  • 零細 【レイサイ】 insignificant, trifling, paltry, cottage (industry), tiny (company)
  • 漂零 【ヒョウレイ】 being ruined (reduced to poverty), falling low, going under, coming to ruin
  • 飄零 【ヒョウレイ】 fluttering to the ground (of a leaf or petal), wandering, roaming, coming down in the world, going to ruin, falling low

Kun reading compounds

  • ０ 【ゼロ】 zero, 0, nought, nil, nothing, zilch
  • 零因子 【ゼロいんし】 zero divisor, null factor, nil factor
  • 零す 【こぼす】 to spill, to drop, to shed (tears), to grumble (about), to complain (of), to let (one's feelings) show
  • 零れる 【こぼれる】 to spill, to fall out of, to overflow, to peek through, to become visible (although normally not), to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong, ryeon

Spanish

  • cero
  • nada
  • pequeño
  • derramar
  • desbordar
  • estropearse
  • hacerse ruinas

Portuguese

  • zero
  • entornar
  • inundação
  • nada
  • cifra

French

  • zéro
  • se répandre
  • déborder
  • rien
  • code
1922 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1206 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5048 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
998 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1823 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1972 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1687 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1864 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2433 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1414 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42242 Morohashi
2792 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6524 New Nelson (John Haig)
1402 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1504 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1686 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3144 2001 Kanji
8d5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
2-11-2 SKIP code
1030.7 Four corner code
1-46-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96f6 Unicode hex code

時

10 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
土 寸 日
Variants:
旹
time, hour
Kun:
とき、 -どき
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
16 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 時 【ジ】 hour, o'clock, (specified) time, when ..., during ...
  • 時価 【ジカ】 current value, price, market value
  • 零時 【レイジ】 twelve o'clock, midnight, noon
  • 平時 【ヘイジ】 peacetime, time of peace, ordinary times, normal times

Kun reading compounds

  • 時 【とき】 time, hour, moment, occasion, case, chance, opportunity, season, the times, the age, the day, tense
  • 時折 【ときおり】 sometimes, at intervals, occasionally, on occasion, from time to time
  • 切り替え時 【きりかえとき】 time to switch over, response time
  • 逢魔が時 【おうまがとき】 twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)

Readings

Japanese names:
と、 とぎ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • tiempo
  • hora
  • ocasión

Portuguese

  • tempo
  • hora

French

  • temps
  • heure
87 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
151 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
135 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
19 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2126 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
46 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
57 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1086 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
42 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
42 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
988 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
830 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
161 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13890 Morohashi
924 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2462 New Nelson (John Haig)
159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
171 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
24 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
195 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3848 2001 Kanji
4c6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
6404.1 Four corner code
1-27-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6642 Unicode hex code