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Chinese symbol for “noon”

中午
zhōng wǔ
noon; midday; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for noon is 中午 (zhōng wǔ), defined as: noon; midday; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
午 wǔ
noon; 7th terrestrial branch
radical 24 ⼗ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “noon”

WordPinyinMeaning
日中rì zhōngnoon; midday
晌午shǎng wunoon
正午zhèng wǔmidday; noon
亭午tíng wǔ(literary) noon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中午.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
下午xià wǔafternoon; 个 (gè)
上午shàng wǔmorning

See also: Japanese symbol for “noon”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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