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卯 means 'hare'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 2600   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 13 words   Used in 15 words   Used in 285 names   Component in 34 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   sign of the hare
On    ボウ   モウ
Name    あきら   しげる   い
(ten) (two) (support) (four) (turn)め
right part is written as (sword) when used as component, eg as in (detain) or (kill en masse)
 () katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from   high-priced; expensive; lofty  
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卯 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 卯 is used 13 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
fourth of the sexagenary cycle  (see also: 干支)
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う : 10 words FIND ALL
noun
fourth sign of Chinese zodiac (The Hare, 5am-7am, east, February)
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An additional う less common words include 卯 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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hare   う sign of the hare   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
high-priced, lofty   
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