Read Edit View history 卯 mǎo 4th terrestrial branch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts two knives side-by-side. Based on the original meaning "butcher's knife". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas mǎo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 卯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 393, 806 ], [ 402, 795 ], [ 411, 763 ], [ 339, 703 ], [ 262, 651 ], [ 258, 640 ] ], [ [ 177, 669 ], [ 210, 645 ], [ 222, 619 ], [ 225, 451 ], [ 216, 378 ], [ 221, 340 ], [ 272, 353 ], [ 370, 415 ], [ 383, 432 ] ], [ [ 375, 647 ], [ 392, 637 ], [ 417, 607 ], [ 412, 422 ], [ 387, 280 ], [ 351, 191 ], [ 311, 131 ], [ 285, 101 ], [ 201, 36 ] ], [ [ 620, 688 ], [ 637, 677 ], [ 804, 721 ], [ 832, 703 ], [ 827, 517 ], [ 814, 430 ], [ 799, 386 ], [ 780, 356 ], [ 760, 340 ], [ 725, 350 ], [ 661, 383 ] ], [ [ 541, 694 ], [ 573, 671 ], [ 587, 647 ], [ 587, -36 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 255 633 Q 316 663 403 712 Q 425 727 452 734 Q 476 741 467 761 Q 455 780 430 799 Q 408 817 394 816 Q 381 816 383 802 Q 383 774 288 690 Q 267 674 247 654 C 226 633 228 620 255 633 Z", "M 386 437 Q 352 422 264 374 Q 254 370 250 373 Q 246 374 246 388 Q 250 605 255 628 Q 255 631 255 633 C 256 647 256 647 247 654 L 247 655 Q 235 667 192 679 Q 176 682 169 676 Q 162 670 174 652 Q 201 610 202 520 Q 202 433 188 392 Q 181 356 144 316 Q 131 304 139 282 Q 146 254 161 241 Q 173 231 187 246 Q 236 303 384 415 C 408 433 413 450 386 437 Z", "M 384 415 Q 371 307 345 241 Q 300 150 271 115 Q 213 69 196 41 Q 195 40 194 37 Q 191 30 204 30 Q 220 30 242 45 Q 291 78 321 110 Q 366 156 391 211 Q 415 268 428 346 Q 444 437 449 574 Q 453 595 455 606 Q 461 628 439 638 Q 390 663 373 661 Q 352 657 369 634 Q 393 591 386 437 L 384 415 Z", "M 628 654 Q 627 655 629 655 Q 713 682 772 693 Q 785 694 789 691 Q 804 672 800 620 Q 796 473 766 408 Q 751 374 723 376 Q 693 382 668 390 Q 641 397 662 373 Q 714 330 739 296 Q 766 274 785 297 Q 819 328 838 378 Q 862 436 861 608 Q 861 669 878 701 Q 890 714 882 725 Q 872 735 820 753 Q 799 760 781 745 Q 751 724 608 689 C 579 682 600 644 628 654 Z", "M 563 -3 Q 570 -31 577 -41 Q 583 -48 591 -46 Q 607 -37 614 28 Q 615 64 617 328 Q 614 592 628 654 C 632 676 632 676 608 689 Q 578 708 563 709 Q 550 715 532 705 Q 522 695 531 684 Q 550 648 560 580 Q 561 429 558 200 Q 557 49 563 -3 Z" ] } 5 strokes 卯 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 393, 806 ], [ 402, 795 ], [ 411, 763 ], [ 339, 703 ], [ 262, 651 ], [ 258, 640 ] ], [ [ 177, 669 ], [ 210, 645 ], [ 222, 619 ], [ 225, 451 ], [ 216, 378 ], [ 221, 340 ], [ 272, 353 ], [ 370, 415 ], [ 383, 432 ] ], [ [ 375, 647 ], [ 392, 637 ], [ 417, 607 ], [ 412, 422 ], [ 387, 280 ], [ 351, 191 ], [ 311, 131 ], [ 285, 101 ], [ 201, 36 ] ], [ [ 620, 688 ], [ 637, 677 ], [ 804, 721 ], [ 832, 703 ], [ 827, 517 ], [ 814, 430 ], [ 799, 386 ], [ 780, 356 ], [ 760, 340 ], [ 725, 350 ], [ 661, 383 ] ], [ [ 541, 694 ], [ 573, 671 ], [ 587, 647 ], [ 587, -36 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 255 633 Q 316 663 403 712 Q 425 727 452 734 Q 476 741 467 761 Q 455 780 430 799 Q 408 817 394 816 Q 381 816 383 802 Q 383 774 288 690 Q 267 674 247 654 C 226 633 228 620 255 633 Z", "M 386 437 Q 352 422 264 374 Q 254 370 250 373 Q 246 374 246 388 Q 250 605 255 628 Q 255 631 255 633 C 256 647 256 647 247 654 L 247 655 Q 235 667 192 679 Q 176 682 169 676 Q 162 670 174 652 Q 201 610 202 520 Q 202 433 188 392 Q 181 356 144 316 Q 131 304 139 282 Q 146 254 161 241 Q 173 231 187 246 Q 236 303 384 415 C 408 433 413 450 386 437 Z", "M 384 415 Q 371 307 345 241 Q 300 150 271 115 Q 213 69 196 41 Q 195 40 194 37 Q 191 30 204 30 Q 220 30 242 45 Q 291 78 321 110 Q 366 156 391 211 Q 415 268 428 346 Q 444 437 449 574 Q 453 595 455 606 Q 461 628 439 638 Q 390 663 373 661 Q 352 657 369 634 Q 393 591 386 437 L 384 415 Z", "M 628 654 Q 627 655 629 655 Q 713 682 772 693 Q 785 694 789 691 Q 804 672 800 620 Q 796 473 766 408 Q 751 374 723 376 Q 693 382 668 390 Q 641 397 662 373 Q 714 330 739 296 Q 766 274 785 297 Q 819 328 838 378 Q 862 436 861 608 Q 861 669 878 701 Q 890 714 882 725 Q 872 735 820 753 Q 799 760 781 745 Q 751 724 608 689 C 579 682 600 644 628 654 Z", "M 563 -3 Q 570 -31 577 -41 Q 583 -48 591 -46 Q 607 -37 614 28 Q 615 64 617 328 Q 614 592 628 654 C 632 676 632 676 608 689 Q 578 708 563 709 Q 550 715 532 705 Q 522 695 531 684 Q 550 648 560 580 Q 561 429 558 200 Q 557 49 563 -3 Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.