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noon

On-Yomi: ゴ — Kun-Yomi: うま

Elements:

noon, horse, pantomime horse, noon, sign of the horse

Heisig story:

With a bit of stretching, you might see a horse's head pointing leftwards in this character. That gives the primary meaning of the Chinese zodiacal sign of the horse, which corresponds to the hour of noon. Note how this kanji primitive differs from that for cow (Frame 260).

Heisig comment:

* As a primitive, this character gets the meaning of a horse. Any horse image will do, except that of a team of horses, which will come later (Frame 2132) and get its own primitive.

Koohii stories:

1) [tomusan] 28-2-2008(231): Noon is a good time for a ten minute nap (using lie down as nap).

2) [Qroxxy] 17-11-2008(67): Noon is a good time to lie down for ten minutes or so.

3) [osaki] 5-3-2007(60): Noon is the hour of the horse.

4) [shadolite] 26-3-2008(28): At noon, the cow's head got chopped off. He had to be replaced by the horse.

5) [Osaka_John] 16-11-2009(19): Noon is a good time to lie down for a ten minute nap. (Especially after eating like a horse for lunch.) 午後 【ごご】 (afternoon; p.m); 午前 【ごぜん】 (morning; a.m.).

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