0076 - 午[오] - 낮(정오) - noon; 7th terrestrial branch

The Story [이야기] :

• The character is a picture of a pestle 午.  Every noon at lunch time, the chef crushes the herbs and spices with a mortar and pestle, and cooks food for the customers.
• Ten 十 plus two strokes above it makes twelve(12), and noon is at 12 p.m.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

정오 [正午] - (high)noon; midday
오정 [午正] - noon; midday; the meridian hour
오전 [午前] - the forenoon; the morning; ante meridiem (a.m., A.M.)
오후 [午後] - afternoon; p.m.
상오 [上午] - the forenoon; the morning; a.m.; A.M.
하오 [下午] - afternoon; post meridiem (P.M.)
오시 [午時] - the Watch of the Horse (the period between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.)
오일 [午日] - the Day of the Horse
오년 [午年] - the Year of the Horse

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

그女는 午正에 大韓民國에 도착했다.
She landed in Korea at noon.

프로그램은 每日 진행되며 午前 7時부터 午後 4時까지 계속됩니다.
Sessions are offered every day, lasting from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.