Character: 午
Modern (Beijing) reading: wǔ
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)āʔ
Classic Old Chinese: ŋ(h)ā́
Western Han Chinese: ŋ(h)ā́
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋ(h)ā́
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)ṓ
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)ṓ
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋ(h)ṓ
Middle Chinese: ŋó
Fanqie: 吳魯
Rhyme class: 麌
English meaning : the 7th of the Earthly Branches
Russian meaning[s]: 1) 7-ой циклический знак из 12-ти; седьмой; июль; 2) полдень, время от 11 ч. до 1 ч. дня; 3) идти против; 4) У (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 啎也. 五月陰气午. 逆陽. 冒地而出. 此予矢同意. 凡午之屬皆從午.
Comments: During Late Zhou also used as a loan for homonymous *ŋ(h)āʔ 'to resist; crosswise'.
Radical: 24
Four-angle index: 2387
Karlgren code: 0060 a-e
Vietnamese reading: ngọ
