昴

Information about character(s)

Radical: 日
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mǎo
Cantonese: maau5
JapaneseKun: SUBARU
JapaneseOn: BOU
Korean: MYO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: one of the 28 constellations

CE-Dict: the Pleiades

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.name of a star, one of the 28 constellations

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《日部》昴白虎宿星。从日卯聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集上】【日字部】昴
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤莫飽切，音卯。【說文】作𣆻，白虎宿星。【爾雅·釋天】大梁，昴也。西陸，昴也。【註】昴，西方之宿。別名旄頭。【書·堯典】日短星昴。【傳】昴，白虎之中星。　又【集韻】謨交切，音茅。義同。　又【韻補】叶力求切。【詩·召南】嘒彼小星，維參與昴。叶下裯、猶。【疏】《元命苞》云：昴六星，昴之爲言留也，言物成就繫留是也。又𣇅。

CF-Dict: Pléiades