Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
Variants:
sign of the hare or rabbit, fourth sign of Chinese zodiac, 5-7AM, east
Kun:
On:
ボウモウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 卯 【ウ】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 丁卯 【ヒノトウ】 Fire Rabbit (4th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1927, 1987, 2047)
  • 己卯 【ツチノトウ】 Earth Rabbit (16th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1939, 1999, 2059)

Kun reading compounds

  • 卯 【う】 the Rabbit (fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Hare, hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am), east, second month in the lunar calendar
  • 卯年 【うさぎどし】 year of the Hare, year of the Rabbit
  • なか卯 【なかう】 Nakau (restaurant chain)
  • 辛卯 【かのとう】 Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 しげる、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao3
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • signo de la liebre
  • cuarto signo del zodíaco
  • conejo

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 4ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Lapin (zodiaque)
  • 5 à 7 heures du matin
  • Est (90°)
2052 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
806 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1983 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2031 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2062 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2847 Morohashi
199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628 New Nelson (John Haig)
2041 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2199 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-17-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
536f Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
866 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 刻 【コク】 period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac), carving, engraving, cutting, mincing, victory, strictness, cruelty
  • 刻々 【コッコク】 moment by moment, hour by hour
  • 復刻 【フッコク】 republication, reissue, reprinting, reproduction
  • 刻一刻 【コクイッコク】 moment by moment, hour by hour

Kun reading compounds

  • 刻む 【きざむ】 to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred, to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch, to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments, to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly, to have tattooed, to torment
  • 刻み 【きざみ】 mincing, cutting, chopping, notch, nick, rapping (a percussion instrument), beating, shredded tobacco, interval
  • 刻み足 【きざみあし】 mincing steps

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4, ke1
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • grabar
  • esculpir
  • triste
  • angustiado
  • tiempo
  • afilar
  • cincelar

Portuguese

  • escultura
  • picar
  • fatiar
  • moer
  • esculpir

French

  • graver
  • découper
  • émincer
  • hacher
  • moment
  • gravure
875 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
865 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1033 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
681 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1444 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
361 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
900 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1211 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1274 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
190 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1619 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1535 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1970 Morohashi
1267 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
478 New Nelson (John Haig)
1521 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1639 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
863 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
443 2001 Kanji
2f6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
0280.0 Four corner code
1-25-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
523b Unicode hex code