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昴 = 日 + 卯

昴 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “18th lunar mansion”. It is built from 日 (sun) and 卯 (fourth earthly branch).

Keyword
18th lunar mansion
Pinyin (Mandarin)
mǎo
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
18th lunar mansion, determinative star 17 tauri (electra), 18-й лунный особняк, определяющая звезда 17 таури (электро)
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
昴 overarching

Decomposition

ids

  1. 日 sun
  2. 卯 fourth earthly branch

How to find 昴 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sun” + “fourth earthly branch”. 昴 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 昴 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.