卯

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See also: 卵, 卬, and 戼

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to 丣, from whence also top of 留.

Han character[edit]

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[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

卯 (Jyutping maau5, Yale maau5)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
卯

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

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

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

卯 (mão, mẫu, méo, mẹo, mẻo)

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