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

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle
Parts:
Variants:
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code