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<WL>卯 [mǎo] (地支) fourth Earthly Branch; mortise
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<WL>卯 [mǎo] (地支) 4th Earthly Branch; mortise (of a tenon); (星宿名) 昴 Pleiades@@; (HDZ:) (地支) 第四位; (五行) 木; (生肖) 兔; (旧) 卯时 (卯簿, 卯册); …; (姓)
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“The incision made when slaughtering an animal” —王宏源.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 卯(􂥱戼) mǎo ‘4th Earthly Branch’ is an ancient calendrical/astronomical sign assoc. with the constellation 昴(􁈼𣆻) ‘Pleiades’, and sometimes conflated with 丣(􂦂𫝁􂦁酉) yǒu ‘10th Earthly Branch’; the old shape of 卯(􂥱戼) is said to be that of 门/門(􂂲𨳇) mén ‘double-leaf doors’ wide open; formerly wr. 𩇨(􂥲) mǎo, not to be confused with 兆(􀣬􀋶𠔁) zhào ‘cracks/omen’.
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In the Shang dynasty, 卯 mǎo meant to kill an animal as a sacrifice. That meaning disappeared. The character was later explained as depicting doors.
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Note: 昴(􁈼𣆻) mǎo ‘Pleiades’ (昴星, 昴宿), formerly wr. 卯 (HDZ).
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卯 (sometimes altered to ) is phonetic in 贸 mào, 昴 Mǎo, 留 liú, 柳 liǔ, 聊 liáo, etc. The alternation between m- and l- is unusual; Karlgren(1940) reconstructed the pronunciation of 卯 as *mlog. 劉(刘) Liú originally meant ‘kill’, and 劉 contains 卯 mǎo as a component; possibly the two words are cognate.
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Compare: 卯/铆眼 ‘mortise’ (female part, of 卯榫 ‘mortise and tenon’).
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Compare 卬 áng and 印 yìn.
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Compare: 飽(􀸔􀸕𩜿) bǎo ‘full’, formerly wr. 𩜕(􀸖); 包(􁣘) bāo ‘fetus in the womb’ (pregnant), 胞(􁣙) ‘amniotic sac’.
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Note: 卯(􂥱戼) mǎo ‘4th Earthly Branch’, and 丣(􂦂𫝁􂦁酉) yǒu ‘10th Earthly Branch’; both are wr.  as component, and sometimes confused as phonetic: 贸/貿(􁄸𧶻) mào, 昴(􁈼𣆻) Mǎo, 留(􂛦畱) liú, 柳(􀽍桺) liǔ, 聊(􂃺𦕼) liáo, etc.; Karlgren(1940) reconstructed an old *ml- initial 卯 *mlog (cf. 留/昴); cf. 刘/劉(􂟲) liú ‘kill’.
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Compare: 𠨍(􁣁) qīng; 卬(􁙛𠨐) áng, 印(􁢺) yìn, 𢑏(􁢻) yì (抑).
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“[卯] The incision made when slaughtering an animal” —王宏源. (In the Shang dynasty, 卯 mǎo was a method of animal sacrifice; cf. HDZ.)
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HDZ: 卯 : mǎo : (地支) 第四位; (五行) 木; (生肖) 兔; (旧) (代称) 官署例定在卯时开始办公时进行点名报到等活动 (卯时, 卯簿, 卯册); (古) 造币场所开铸之期; (清) 催征钱粮、筹饷、收捐等的期限; (明) 一种儿童游戏中的专用书语; 木器上安笋/榫头的眼孔; (殷代) 杀: 用牲方式之一; (星宿名) 昴; (姓)
 
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