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昴

mǎo

Character

What 昴 means

1. the Pleiades

Words starting with 昴

• 昴星团Mǎo xīng tuánPleiades M45
• 昴宿星团Mǎo xiù xīng tuánPleiades M45

Characters built on 卯

These share the phonetic component 卯 (mǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 铆mǎoto fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 峁mǎoround yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
• 茆mǎotype of water plant; (dialect) loess hills

Characters that look like 昴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 易yìeasy; amiable; to change
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious
• 曷héwhy; how; when

Sounds the same

Read mǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 卯mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon); 4th earthly branch: 5–7 a.m., 2nd solar…
• 铆to fasten with a rivet; to rivet; to hammer in a rivet…
• 冇to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 没有
• 峁round yellow dirt mount (in the Northwest of China)
• 泖still water
• 茆type of water plant; (dialect) loess hills