下午
Chinese
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
7th earthly branch; 11 am-1 pm; noon | ||
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simp. and trad. (下午) |
下 | 午 |
Pronunciation
Noun
下午
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 下午 (“afternoon”) [map]
Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term | |
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下 | 午 |
か Grade: 1 |
ご Grade: 2 |
kan’on | on’yomi |
Cited to roughly 1853 in the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten,[1] but possibly older.
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 下午 (MC haeX|haeH nguX).
Noun
下午 • (kago)
- [ca. 1853] afternoon, especially the early afternoon
- [1876] (by extension) over the hill, past middle age
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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