昴
mǎo

one of the 28 constellations

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

sun

卯
卯 Sound component
mǎo 4th terrestrial branch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmæwXmˤruʔthe Pleiades
Zhengzhangmruːʔ

說文解字

白虎宿星。从日卯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)