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卯
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)
- lush
- fourth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): rabbit (兔) of Chinese zodiac
- period from 5-7 a.m. (prime, early morning).
Derived characters
Related 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
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simp. and trad. |
卯 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 卯
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (卯) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ
- Wade-Giles: mao3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mao
- IPA (key): /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: maau5
- Yale: máauh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maau5
- IPA (key): /mɑːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 卯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 莫飽切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mˠauX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/mᵚauX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/mauX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/maɨwX/ |
| Li Rong |
/mauX/ |
| Wang Li |
/mauX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/mauX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mǎo |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 卯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
mǎo |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mæwX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mˤruʔ/ |
| English | 4th earthly branch |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 卯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8871 |
| Phonetic component |
卯 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
卯 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mruːʔ/ |
Definitions
卯
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References
- (Min Nan) “Entry #1403”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
卯 • (myo) (hangeul 묘, revised myo, McCune-Reischauer myo)
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