卯
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; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); (coll.) to concentrate one's strength (variant of 鉚|铆[mao3])
5 strokes
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How 卯 is formed
components: 卩
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Characters built with 卯 as their sound component
These characters all use 卯 (mǎo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卯 sound component | mǎo | 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m. |
| 柳 | liǔ | willow tree; pleasure; surname |
| 贸 | mào | commerce, trade |
| 聊 | liáo | somewhat, slightly, at least |
| 铆 | mǎo | rivet |
| 昴 | mǎo | one of the 28 constellations |
| 茆 | mǎo | water mallow |
| 峁 | mǎo | yellow dirt mount |
| 泖 | mǎo | still water; a river in Jiangsu province |
Words containing 卯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卯起来 | mǎo qǐ lai | (coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy |
| 丁卯战争 | Dīng mǎo Zhàn zhēng | first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) |
| 丁是丁，卯是卯 | dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo | lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch)… |
| 丁卯胡乱 | Dīng mǎo Hú luàn | first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) |
| 卯时 | mǎo shí | 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 卯眼 | mǎo yǎn | mortise; slit |
| 凿死卯子 | záo sǐ mǎo zi | variant of 鑿死鉚子|凿死铆子[zao2 si3 mao3 zi5] |
| 点卯 | diǎn mǎo | morning roll call |
| 应卯 | yìng mǎo | to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am; fig. to put in a con… |
| 丁卯 | dīng mǎo | fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 |
| 己卯 | jǐ mǎo | sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 |
| 子丑寅卯 | zǐ chǒu yín mǎo | (idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case; the whole… |
| 寅吃卯粮 | yín chī mǎo liáng | lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; liv… |
| 乙卯 | yǐ mǎo | fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035 |
| 辛卯 | xīn mǎo | twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 |
| 寅支卯粮 | yín zhī mǎo liáng | see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮[yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2] |
| 卯兔 | mǎo tù | Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) |
| 癸卯 | guǐ mǎo | fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023 |
| 卯榫 | mǎo sǔn | mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint) |
| 榫卯 | sǔn mǎo | mortise and tenon |