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HSK 1 · Telling time

上午

shàng wǔ

morning (before noon)

Stroke order of 上午

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

上 · 3 strokes午 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

Above '上' (before) the noon '午' mark — the morning.

Parts: 上 up; before (a mark above a line) + 午 noon (pictograph of a pestle)

The characters in 上午

  • 上 shàng — up; on; above (3 strokes)

Example sentence

我上午在家。

I'm at home in the morning.

Words with 上

早上early morning晚上evening楼上upstairs上学to go to school上课to attend class上班to go to work身上on the body; on (one)上网to go online网上online上车to get on (a vehicle)车上in the car; on the bus路上on the way上up; on; above上边above; top地上on the ground关上to close; to turn off上次last time马上immediately; right away

Words with 午

下午afternoon中午noon午饭lunch午餐lunch午睡afternoon nap

More words: Telling time

下午afternoon中午noon早上early morning晚上evening白天daytime点o'clock; a little分fen (1/100 yuan); point小时hour时间time时候time; moment (when...)现在now半天half a day; a long time半年half a year日期date一会儿a moment; a while

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