Keyword
noon
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig610
Readings
(96%)
うま
(3%)
Composed of
cow head
ten
Mnemonic components
cow
Mnemonic

It's a pictograph of a cow, but it's really close to the fence, with its head reaching over the fence. It's looking an you and saying "noon, noon". Huh, it looks like this cow doesn't moo like every other cow, and it apparently also knows when it's noon...

Used in kanji (2 in total)
permit
wooden pestle
Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
afternoon; p.m.
morning; a.m.
in the morning; during the morning
noon; midday
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
first thing in the afternoon
nap; siesta
noon; midday
lunch; dinner
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
first thing in the afternoon
Boy's Day celebration (May 5)
first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month; traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines
noon gun; noonday gun
just past noon; afternoon
Fire Horse (43rd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1906, 1966, 2026)
meridian; meridian line
afternoon; p.m.
throughout the afternoon
year of the Horse
Metal Horse (7th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1930, 1990, 2050)
just past noon; afternoon
Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)
day of the Horse
Water Horse (19th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1942, 2002, 2062)
Wood Horse (31st year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
Kōgo register; Japan's first census register (670)
meridian circle
Meridiungulata; extinct clade of South American ungulates
apparent noon; true noon
apparent noon; true noon
hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm)
Examples (200 in total)
"Can you come over this afternoon?" "Yes, I suppose I could."
What do you want to do in the afternoon?
Are you guys free this afternoon?