卯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 卩
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 5
Variants: 戼

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mǎo
Cantonese: maau5
JapaneseKun: U
JapaneseOn: BOU
Korean: MYO
Vietnamese: mão

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.

CE-Dict: mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)/4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a roll call
2.the period from 5 to 7 a.m.
3.a Chinese family name

湘雅醫學專業詞典: the fourth of the twelve Earthly Branches

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《卯部》卯冒也。二月，萬物冒地而出。象開門之形。故二月為天門。凡卯之屬皆从卯。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【卩字部】卯
〔古文〕𩇨𩇧𤕰𦕔【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤莫飽切，音昴。【說文】冒也。二月，萬物冒地而出，象開門之形，故二月爲天門。【徐曰】二月，隂不能制，陽冒而出也。天門，萬物畢出也。又【廣韻】辰名。【爾雅•釋天】歲在卯曰單閼。【晉書•樂志】卯，茂也，謂陽氣生而孳茂也。【韻會】俗作夘，非。
（戼）【說文】卯本字。與丣字上畫連者有別。丣音酉。【六書正譌】戼，闢戶也。从二戶，象門兩闢形。因聲借爲寅卯字，爲日出物生之象。

Japanese Places U (loc)

CF-Dict: car. cycl., 5h à 7h a.m.

Han-De-Dict: 4. der 12 Erdenzweige/4. Tier im chin. Tierkreis - Hase

Finnish: 4th maallinen oksa - yin puu, 5-7 a.m.