Keyword
noon
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig610
Readings
ご
(97%)
うま
(1%)
Composed of
cow head
ten
Mnemonic components
cow
Mnemonic

It's a pictograph of a cow, but it's really close to the fence, with its head reaching over the fence. It's looking an you and saying "noon, noon". Huh, it looks like this cow doesn't moo like every other cow, and it apparently also knows when it's noon...

Used in kanji (2 in total)
permit
wooden pestle
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
afternoon; p.m.
morning; a.m.
in the morning; during the morning
Examples (200 in total)
Let's study hard in the afternoon as well.
The change came when the afternoon was more than half over.
I'm free tomorrow afternoon.