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卯: sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac

Also: 5-7AM, east

JLPT N15 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

卩 carries the meaning · 丿 is drawn in

5 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

うu · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 卯うthe Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese…
  • 丁卯ひのとうFire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary…

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 卯年うさぎどしyear of the Hare; year of the Rabbit

Also read ボウ, モウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Someone is kneeling before a high authority! This radical represents respect, social standing, and the official stamps that mark a person's role in society.”
More in the 卩 seal story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

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卩

Also built on seal (卩)

All 11

卯 gives its sound to

The family reading is ボウ (bou). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ボウ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Also read モウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mǎo

Same form: 卯 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
卯 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
卯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mǎo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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