午後

ごご

afternoon, p.m.

Mnemonic

After noon, which is precisely what the word says on its face. Go ご, go ご, the whole afternoon of it. Tomorrow, then: ごご.

Worth knowing

午前ごぜん is the morning, before noon.

Built from

午

noon

A pestle drawn standing upright. It came to mark the middle of the day, and the horse in the old zodiac.

後

after, behind

彳 the step radical with the rest of it trailing along behind.

Words sharing these kanji

後 after 今後 after this, in the future 最後 last, final 後ろ back, behind 後悔 regret 直後 immediately after

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