午前

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Chinese

7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon
 
front, forepart; in front; past
front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward
trad. (午前)
simp. #(午前)

Pronunciation


Noun

午前

  1. morning; before noon; a.m.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
ぜん
Grade: 2
on’yomi
 午前と午後 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

(go, noon) +‎ (zen, fore-; pre-)

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ぜん) (gozen

  1. forenoon, AM
    ()(ぜん)(はち)()25(にじゅうご)(ふん)
    gozen hachi-ji nijūgo-fun
    eight twenty-five AM

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

午前 (ojeon) (hangeul 오전)

  1. Hanja form? of 오전 (morning; before noon).