卯 — kanji meaning “sign of the hare or rabbit”
卯
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east
- Meanings
- sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)、モウ (mou)
- Kun'yomi
- う
- Name readings
- あきら、しげる、い
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2400 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 26
- Chinese reading
- mǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 卯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卯月 | うづき uzuki | fourth month of the lunar calendar |
| 卯の花 | うのはな unohana | bean curd lees; soybean pulp; refuse from tofu |
| 卯年 | うさぎどし usagidoshi | year of the Hare; year of the Rabbit |
| 卯建 | うだつ udatsu | short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole |
| 卯月鳥 | うづきどり uzukidori | lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 丁卯 | ひのとう hinotou | Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047) |
| 己卯 | つちのとう tsuchinotou | Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059) |
| 辛卯 | かのとう kanotou | Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071) |
| 癸卯 | みずのとう mizunotou | Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1963, 2023, 2083) |
| 乙卯 | きのとう kinotou | Wood Rabbit (52nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1915, 1975, 2035) |
| 卯の花月 | うのはなづき unohanazuki | fourth month of the lunar calendar |
| 卯波 | うなみ unami | rising sea waves from late May to early June |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.