The Chinese Radical: 午




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Meaning
noon    午

Explanation “Noon” can be understood as a pestle 午 that is used in a mortar 凵. (compare: ceramic 缶 [fǒu]) As the pestle 午 is vertical in the mortar, the meaning of “noon” arises because the sun is then also vertical.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
noon, 7th earthly branch


Image of a pestle (handle at the top), that hits the mortar in the middle, like: 'noon' is the middle of the day.  
HSK 4
to allow, to permit, perhaps

Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: noon 午
(Loud music is forbidden during the siesta, but:) Words at noon are allowed.  
HSK 6
can, jar, pot
guàn
Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: heron, stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is a bird 隹, the heron.)
A can on which a heron is depicted is still a can.  
HSK 6
to govern, to manage, imperial, defend, resist

Left: go 彳, right: unload 卸 (At noon 午 (during that heat) we can stop 止 and as we are bent 卩, we can unload.)
I go at noon, stop and bow at the imperial, because I am governed.  
HSK 6
to unload, unhitch, remove or strip, get rid of
xiè
Left: noon 午, to stop 止, right: bowing person卩
At noon (during that heat) we can stop and as we are bent, we can unload.  
HSK 6
rumor, popular ballad, legend
yáo
Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.  
no HSK
shore, bank of a river

Left: water 氵, right: to allow 许 (Word 讠/言 at noon 午 are allowed)
(For non-swimmers:) The water is allowed at: the shore.  

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