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 earthly 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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§Chinese

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simp. and trad.		卯

§Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎo (mao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): báu / mauh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: mao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁵
    • Yale: máauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑːu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: báu / mauh
    • Tâi-lô: báu / mauh
    • IPA (Taipei): /baʊ⁴¹/, /maʊʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /baʊ⁵³/, /maʊʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (卯, reconstructed)
Character (卯), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 莫飽切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɣauX/	/mauX/	/mauX/	/mɯauX/	/maɨwX/	/mauX/	/mauX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (卯, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
卯								mǎo								‹ mæwX ›								/*mˤruʔ/								4th earthly branch
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
卯					8871					卯					幽					1					卯					/*mruːʔ/

§References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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§Japanese

§Kanji

卯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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§Readings

• On: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: う (u)

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§Korean

§Hanja

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

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§Vietnamese

§Han character

卯 (mão, mẫu, méo, mẹo, mẻo)

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