U+536F "卯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
卯
U+536F "卯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically used to denote the fourth Earthly Branch in the traditional Chinese sexagenary cycle, corresponding to the sign of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. It represents the direction of east by east-north and is associated with the early morning hours, specifically from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m. In East Asian cultures, particularly in Japan and China, the character also appears in compound words and names, such as in the term "卯月" (uzuki) which refers to the fourth month of the lunar calendar, roughly April.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+536F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 卯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 卯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x8D 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x536F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000536F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u536f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A566 |
| kCCCII | 21346A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4628 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4628 |
| kCangjie | HHSL |
| kCantonese | maau5 |
| kCihaiT | 225.202 |
| kCowles | 2598 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0363.150 |
| kDefinition | fourth earthly branch |
| kEACC | 21346A |
| kFanqie | 莫飽 |
| kFenn | 309G |
| kFennIndex | 331.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2722.0 7772.0 |
| kGB0 | 3514 |
| kGB1 | 3514 |
| kGSR | 1114a |
| kHangul | 묘:0E |
| kHanYu | 10311.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10311.050:mǎo |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0363.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10311.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0159.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-432E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A566 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-312C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBC4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5956 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4628 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4D74 |
| kJapanese | ボウ ミョウ う |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:291 |
| kJapaneseKun | U |
| kJapaneseOn | BOU |
| kJis0 | 1712 |
| kKangXi | 0159.050 |
| kKorean | MYO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0602 |
| kMandarin | mǎo |
| kMatthews | 4369 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1759 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007885 MJ007885:E0101 MJ057108:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 02847 02847:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0806 |
| kPhonetic | 870 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1230+26.2.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 26.3 |
| kSBGY | 299.46 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+623C<kCihaiT:T,kHanYu:T |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 77.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mǎo粵maau5 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+5918<kHanYu:T |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0602 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 244.150:mǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | mão |
| kXerox | 265:323 |
| kXHC1983 | 0769.050:mǎo |