Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 卯

Modern (Beijing) reading: mǎo

Preclassic Old Chinese: mhrūʔ

Classic Old Chinese: mhrū́

Western Han Chinese: mhrǝ̄́w

Eastern Han Chinese: mhrǝ̄́w

Early Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̣̄́w

Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhạ̄́w

Late Postclassic Chinese: mhạ̄́w

Middle Chinese: mạ́w

Fanqie: 姥咬

Rhyme class: 巧

English meaning : the 4th Earthly Branch

Russian meaning[s]: 1) 4-ый циклический знак из 12; четвертый; апрель; 2) время от 5 до 7 часов утра; утренний, ранний; 3) тех. паз, гнездо

Shuowen gloss: 冒也. 二月萬物冒地而出. 象開門之形. 故二月為天門. 凡卯之屬皆從卯.

Comments: Viet. also has a colloquial loanword: mẹo with the same meaning. For *mh cf. Jianou mau⁸.

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 26

Four-angle index: 2098

Karlgren code: 1114 a-e

Vietnamese reading: mão

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Chinese Dialects :

Number: 144

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 卯

MC description : 效開二上巧明

ZIHUI: 0602 1295

Beijing: mau 2

Jinan: mɔ 2

Xi'an: mau 2

Taiyuan: mau 2

Hankou: mau 2

Chengdu: mau 2

Yangzhou: mɔ 2

Suzhou: mä 12

Wenzhou: muɔ 22

Changsha: mau 2

Shuangfeng: mǝ 2

Nanchang: mau 2

Meixian: mau 11

Guangzhou: māu 22

Xiamen: bau 2

Chaozhou: mau 21

Fuzhou: mau 2

Shanghai: mɔ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: mau 2

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