pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
卯 
夘 
mao3 
 
 
variant of 卯 
 
卯 
卯 
mao3 
 
 
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit; ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east); variant of 鉚|铆; to exert one's strength 
 
卯 
戼 
mao3 
 
 
old variant of 卯 
 
 
strokes 
5 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
3 
 
点卯 
點卯 
dian3 mao3 
 
 
morning roll call 
 
丁卯 
丁卯 
ding1 mao3 
 
 
fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 
 
丁卯胡乱 
丁卯胡亂 
ding1 mao3 hu2 luan4 
 
 
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) 
 
丁卯战争 
丁卯戰爭 
ding1 mao3 zhan4 zheng1 
 
 
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) 
 
癸卯 
癸卯 
gui3 mao3 
 
 
fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023 
 
己卯 
己卯 
ji3 mao3 
 
 
sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 
 
卯时 
卯時 
mao3 shi2 
 
 
5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times) 
 
卯榫 
卯榫 
mao3 sun3 
 
 
mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint) 
 
卯兔 
卯兔 
mao3 tu4 
 
 
Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) 
 
卯眼 
卯眼 
mao3 yan3 
 
 
mortise; slit 
 
辛卯 
辛卯 
xin1 mao3 
 
 
twenty-eighth year H4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2011 or 2071 
 
乙卯 
乙卯 
yi3 mao3 
 
 
fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035 
 
寅吃卯粮 
寅吃卯糧 
yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2 
 
 
lit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check; live now, pay later 
 
寅支卯粮 
寅支卯糧 
yin2 zhi1 mao3 liang2 
 
 
see 寅吃卯糧|寅吃卯粮 
 
应卯 
應卯 
ying4 mao3 
 
 
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时, i.e. between 5 and 7 am; fig. to put in a conventional appearance