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卯

う

fourth sign of the Chinese zodiac (the Hare; 5am-7am; east; February)

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Examples

  1. 来年は卯年です。

    らいねんはうどしです。

    Next year is the year of the Hare.

  2. 祖母は卯の刻に起きて畑に出ていた。

    そぼはうのこくにおきてはたけにでていた。

    My grandmother used to get up at the hour of the Hare and go out to the fields.

  3. 旧暦の四月は卯月と呼ばれ、卯の花が咲く頃に当たる。

    きゅうれきのしがつはうづきとよばれ、うのはながさくころにあたる。

    The fourth month of the old calendar is called Uzuki, the season when the deutzia blossoms.

Common patterns

卯年
the year of the Hare
卯月
the fourth lunar month
卯の花
deutzia blossom; okara

Memory tip

As a zodiac sign it reads う (卯年, 卯月); the on-reading ぼう appears only in old compounds like 卯酉. The animal itself is written 兎 (うさぎ) — the zodiac form is 卯.

Kanji in this word

  • 卯Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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