午时 wǔshí period from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 午 wǔ 7th earthly branch 7th of the 12 earthly branches, representing the time from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the year of the Horse, and the direction south (180°)时 時 shí shichen any of the twelve two-hour periods into which the day was traditionally divided