卯

See also 卵, 卬, and 戼

Translingual

Etymology

Cognate to 丣, from whence also top of 留.

Han character

卯 (radical 26 卩+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中 (HHSL), four-corner 7772₀)

1. fourth of twelve earth branches (十二支): rabbit (兔) of Chinese zodiac
2. period from 5-7 a.m (prime, early morning).

Derived characters

• 柳 留

Related characters

• 丣

References

• KangXi: page 159, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2847
• Dae Jaweon: page 363, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 311, character 5
• Unihan data for U+536F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

卯 (Yale maau5)

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Japanese

Kanji

卯

Readings

• On: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: う (u)

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Korean

Hanja

卯 (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

卯 (pinyin mǎo (mao3), Wade-Giles mao³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卯 (mão, mẫu, méo, mẹo, mẻo)