mậu
Pronunciation
IPA
Northern
/mə̰ʔw˨˩/
Central
/mə̰w˨˨/
Southern
/məw˨˩˨/
fifth heavenly stem
Proper noun
fifth heavenly stem
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Proper noun
fifth heavenly stem Numbers, Quantities, Units & Time
Culture, Arts & Proper Names
The fifth heavenly stem.
vi Trong mười thiên can, Mậu đứng thứ năm, sau Đinh và trước Kỷ.
en Among the ten Heavenly Stems, Mậu comes fifth, after Đinh and before Kỷ.
Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 戊 / 戊
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Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 戊 / 戊
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 戊
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
戊
Candidates by syllable
mậu
戊
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
màu / mầu / máu / mâu …
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Similar
màu / mầu / máu / mâu …
Use
gió mậu dịch / mậu thìn / tô mậu / mậu tuất …
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Use
gió mậu dịch / mậu thìn / tô mậu / mậu tuất …