Chinese Character 卯 Meanings and components.

Form

卯

Meaning

卯 meaning[3] in English

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).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𠂎) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 卩 (jie2) which means: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26), .卩jie2'seal' radical …

In cangjie it is written with HHSL

How to write 卯

To write卯mao3mortise (slot … you should write a combination of 𠂎𠂎5 , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

𠂎 + 卩 = 卯

卯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卯, looks as follow:

卯
Pinyin:mao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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) . Variant Of 鉚|铆[Mao3] . To Exert One'S Strength
𠂎
Pinyin:𠂎5 Shape:一
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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