卯
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Translingual
Han character
卯 (radical 26 卩+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹竹尸中 (HHSL), four-corner 77720, composition ⿰𠂎卩)
Derived characters
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 卯 | |||||||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |||
| Bronze inscriptions | Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
This character was found in oracle bone scripts depicting a sacrifice (a human or animal body) that is cut in half. This kind of practice mainly happened in Shang dynasty and was gradually eliminated after Zhou's conquest of Shang, leading to obscurity of the character's original meaning.
Pronunciation
| simp. and trad. |
卯 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 丣 ‡ | |
Definitions
卯
- fourth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
- rabbit (兔) of Chinese zodiac
- period from 5-7 a.m.
- early morning
- mortise
Coordinate terms
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
卯
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Compounds
- 卯酒 (bōshu)
- 卯酉線 (bōyūsen)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 卯 |
| う Jinmeiyō |
| kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- the Rabbit, the fourth of the twelve Earthly Branches
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 卯 |
| ぼう Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 卯 (mæwX)
Proper noun
卯 (hiragana ぼう, rōmaji Bō, historical hiragana ばう)
- the Rabbit, the fourth of the twelve Earthly Branches
Korean
Hanja
卯 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune–Reischauer myo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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