卯

5 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

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

Kun'yomi
  • う
    		the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am) ③east ④second month in the lunar calendar
On'yomi
  • ボウ
    		the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am) ③east ④second month in the lunar calendar
  • モウ
Nanori
  • あきら
  • しげる
  • い

Main Radical

卩(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

う 100.0%

Character Breakdown

sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM
う　ボウ　モウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)

Contained In

劉 卵 昴 柳 留 聊 茆 貿 鉚

Common Words

う
卯
the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac) ②hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am) ③east ④second month in the lunar calendar
う
卯
づき
月
fourth month of the lunar calendar
う
卯
　
の
はな
花
bean curd lees ②deutzia (Deutzia crenata)
う
卯
づき
月
どり
鳥
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
ひのと
丁
う
卯
Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
つちのと
己
う
卯
Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)
かのと
辛
う
卯
Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)
みずのと
癸
う
卯
Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1903, 1963, 2023)
きのと
乙
う
卯
Wood Rabbit (52nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1915, 1975, 2035)
う
卯
　
の
はな
花
づき
月
fourth month of the lunar calendar
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References

Unicode hex code 536F
JIS X 0208 1-17-12
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 806
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 628
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 199
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 231
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 148
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 177
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2041
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2199
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 2052
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 259
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1983
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 2847
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2031
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2062
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2e3.1
Four corner code 7772.0