卯
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
mǎo mao3
- 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 铆 mǎo)
Words with 卯
- 卯时 mǎoshí 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 卯眼 mǎoyǎn mortise
- 点卯 diǎnmǎo morning roll call
- 应卯 yìngmǎo to answer the roll call at 卯时 (mǎo shí), i.e. between 5 and 7 am
- 丁卯 dīngmǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047
- 己卯 jǐmǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059
- 乙卯 yǐmǎo fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035
- 辛卯 xīnmǎo twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071
- 卯兔 mǎotù Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
- 癸卯 guǐmǎo fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023
- 卯榫 mǎosǔn mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
- 榫卯 sǔnmǎo mortise and tenon