Where does “卯” come from?

卯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兎 — rabbit; hare; leporid.

卯 (Japanese): hare

Definitions

  1. hare

Ancestry of “卯”, step by step

卯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 兎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese兎rabbit; hare; leporid

via Middle Chinese 卯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese卯—

Words derived from “卯”

Every word from Japanese 兎 →