午

午	Meanings: noon On Readings: ゴ go Kun Readings: Most Used Pronunciation: go JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 十 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
午後 - ご　ご go go - afternoon (PM)
午前 - ご　ぜん go zen - morning (AM)
午後二時 - ご　ご　に　じ go go ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon

Useful Examples
Japanese: 正午まで家にいなさい。
Romaji: shougo made ie ni inasai.
English: Stay at home till noon.

Japanese: きょうの午後医者へ行く予定にしている。
Romaji: kyou no gogo isha e iku yotei ni shite iru.
English: I'm going to go to the doctor this afternoon.

Japanese: 開演は午後７時である。
Romaji: kaien wa gogo nanaji de aru.
English: The curtain goes up at 7:00 p.m.

Look alike kanji
干

Notes/Mnemonic
Be careful to not confuse this one with 牛 ushi (cow)

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.