Talk:午

Can somebody please tell me the backstory/evolution of this character? Thanks!

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• 閩南話漳腔辭典

【午】ngó͘（義同）：中～︱～睡。

【午】ngō͘［俗］（義同）：～時三刻。

【午時水】ngō͘(音變爲gō͘)-sî-chuí

【午日節】ngō͘(gō͘)-ji̍t-cheh =〖五月節〗 (this is written 五日節 in 台灣話大詞典)

• 漳州市志

gɔ̃3[~ngó͘] 午

gɔ̃5[~ngō͘] 午〈（又）～睡〉

• 漳浦县志

gɔ̃u5[~ngō͘] 午

• 閩語東山島方言基礎語彙集

うま（午）7th heavenly stem: ngo7[~ngō͘] 午

但：下午 he7 ngo1，中午 tiong1 ngo1，上午 siang7 ngo1

• 福建詔安閩南方言研究

午 ŋõu53[~ngó͘]文 ŋõu33[~ngō͘]白

“詞彙分類索引：二十八、干支”：……【午】ŋõu33……

• 惠安县志

gɔ3[~gó͘] 午

• 永春方言志

gɔ⁵³[~gó͘] 午

• 長泰方言語音特點

geũ3[~ngó͘] 午

geu6[~gō͘] 午〈～時〉

• John Macgowan. A manual of the Amoy colloquial (1898)

午時 gō͘-sî

• John Macgowan. English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy-Dialect (1883)

午時 ngō͘-sî

• William Campbell. A Dictionary of the Amoy Vernacular (1913)

午 ngó͘ 午時，中午，子午

午 gō͘ 午時，午時正，對午時

--59.21.138.53 18:22, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

Mention if this ever meant horse in Chinese

I see horse mentioned, but not under Chinese. Jidanni (talk) 01:32, 25 July 2024 (UTC)