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.
Radical: 26
Four-angle index: 2098
Karlgren code: 1114 a-e
Vietnamese reading: mão
