戼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 戶
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 7
Variants: 卯

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mǎo
JapaneseOn: BOU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: 4th of Earth Branches; period from 5-7 a.m.

CE-Dict: variant of 卯

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【户字部】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。𢨯。
（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。

CF-Dict: Lapin (astrologie chinoise)