下午
Chinese
under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter |
7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon | ||
---|---|---|---|
simp. and trad. (下午) |
下 | 午 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 下午 (“afternoon”) [map]
Japanese
Etymology
Kanji in this term | |
---|---|
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
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.