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

4 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
month, moon
Kun:
つき
On:
ゲツガツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
23 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 月 【ゲツ】 Monday
  • 月額 【ゲツガク】 monthly amount (sum)
  • 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
  • 望月 【モチヅキ】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
  • 月輪 【ゲツリン】 (full) moon, moon when it's round
  • 旧正月 【キュウショウガツ】 lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
  • お正月 【オショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January

Kun reading compounds

  • 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite
  • 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month
  • 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death

Readings

Japanese names:
おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue4
Korean:
weol

Spanish

  • mes
  • luna

Portuguese

  • mês
  • lua

French

  • lune
  • mois
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
16 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
26 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
13 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
59 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
80 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
17 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1002 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3674 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2556 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14330 Morohashi
2956 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2530 New Nelson (John Haig)
13 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
13 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
66 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
28 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3946 2001 Kanji
4b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-23-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6708 Unicode hex code