はつ
初
うま
午

expression

  1. first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month, traditional day for worship at "fox deity" shrines.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
はつ
初
うま
午
初午 はつうま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

first time, beginning
ショ はじ.め はつ (4th, N3)
clothes, clothing radical (no. 145
ころも
sword, saber, knife
かたな トウ ち (2nd, N1)
noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM
ゴ うま (2nd, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)