卯 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボウ
  • モウ
Kun (native)
Nanori (used in names)
  • あきら
  • しげる
Other languages
  • 拼音mao3
  • 한글myo
  • Hán-ViệtMão

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
卩(わりふ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+536F

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰𠂎卩

Words using this kanji

  • う。十二支の4番目。うさぎ。the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east
  • 卯年うさぎどしyear of the Hare, year of the Rabbit
  • 卯月うづき(古語・雅語)陰暦四月の異称。うづき。fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 卯建うだつshort pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole, mud wall with raised roof edge (as a fire wall and status symbol), raised roof edge
  • 卯波うなみrising sea waves from late May to early June
  • 卯杖うづえtree branch used as a charm against evil
  • 卯の花うのはなbean curd lees, soybean pulp, refuse from tofu, deutzia (Deutzia crenata)
  • 卯月鳥うづきどりlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 卯の刻うのこくhour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), hour of the Hare
  • 卯の日うのひday of the Hare
  • 卯の年うのとしyear of the Hare, year of the Rabbit
  • 卯の花月うのはなづきfourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 卯の花腐しうのはなくたしlong rains (in early summer)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-2
Four Corner
7772.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2e3.1
Heisig
2199
Nelson
806