上午 shàngwǔ

HSK level

Traditional form

上午 shàngwǔ

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

上 shǎng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a small line or dot above a longer line, indicating "up". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 èr (two).

Positional decomposition

⿱⺊一

Number of Strokes

午 wǔ

Explanation

Pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice, now written as 杵 chǔ . The current meaning "noon" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿻丿干

Number of Strokes

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我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào 了 le 过去 guòqu 教过我 wǒ 的 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

他 tā 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 把 bǎ 信 xìn 寄 jì 出 chū 去 qù 了 le .

He posted the letter this morning.

学生 xuésheng 登记 dēngjì 上 shǎng 的 de 这 zhè 门 Mén 课 kè 将 jiāng 于 Yú 星期四 Xīng qī sì 上午 shàngwǔ 开始 kāishǐ .

The registration of students for the course will begin on Thursday morning.

你 nǐ 猜 cāi ,我 wǒ 今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ 在 zài 超级市场 chāo jí shì chǎng 碰见 pèng jiàn 谁 shuí 了 le ?

Who do you think I knocked against in the supermarket this morning?

我们 wǒmen 每 měi 天 tiān 上午 shàngwǔ 有 yǒu 4课 kè .

We have four lessons every morning.

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 上午 shàngwǔ and their own compounds.

上 shǎng

午 wǔ

十 shí , 𠂉

See all 67 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 上午 shàngwǔ in their composition.

上 shǎng

卡 kǎ

咔 kā , 佧 kǎ , 胩 kǎ , 鉲 kǎ , 拤

尗 shū

叔 shū

寂 jì

淑 shū

蔋 dí

督 dū , 椒 jiāo , 婌, 俶 chù , 惄 nì , 菽 shū , 踧 cù , 埱, 掓, 琡, 裻, 諔, 錖

戚 qī

蹙 cù , 嘁 qī , 槭 qī , 搣 miè , 鏚 qī , 傶, 墄, 慽, 摵, 磩, 縬

敊, 茮, 鮛

鹵 lǔ

鹾 cuó , 鹼 jiǎn , 鹸 jiǎn , 塷, 鹶, 鹷, 鹹 xián , 鹺, 鹻

让 ràng , 忐 tǎn , 峠 xx , 仧, 仩, 兏, 圵, 垰, 挊 nòng , 桛, 皍, 裃, 鞐

午 wǔ

许 Xǔ

浒 hǔ

杵 chǔ , 忤 wǔ , 仵 wǔ , 啎 wǔ , 迕 wù , 吘, 旿, 汻, 玝, 許 xǔ

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