卯 — Chinese character
卯
mǎo
4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
- Pinyin
- mǎo
- Radical
- 26 ⼙ (Seal)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 卩
- Japanese
- 卯 as a kanji
Common words with 卯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁卯 | dīng mǎo | fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 |
| 榫卯 | sǔn mǎo | mortise and tenon |
| 卯时 (卯時) | mǎo shí | 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) |
| 癸卯 | guǐ mǎo | fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023 |
| 寅吃卯粮 (寅吃卯糧) | yín chī mǎo liáng | lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check |
| 辛卯 | xīn mǎo | twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 |
| 己卯 | jǐ mǎo | sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 |
| 乙卯 | yǐ mǎo | fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035 |
| 卯兔 | mǎo tù | Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) |
| 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 story |
| 卯起来 (卯起來) | mǎo qǐ lai | (coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy |
| 卯榫 | mǎo sǔn | mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.