By extension, can imply “to breed” or “to hatch.”

The character depicts the image of insects laying eggs on tree branches or grass stalks.
Because of this origin, it has no etymological connection to 卯 (묘, “rabbit”), despite the visual resemblance.

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Vocabulary

secondary, auxiliary


unicode: U+526F

to start, to begin, to wound, to originate, to create

medicine, preparation, to dose

to help, to assist, to be beneficial, to be of use

to move, to act

power, force, influence, momentum

to become, to transform

thousand, 1000, one-thousandth

ovum, egg

to reach, to extend to, to affect, to touch

to receive, to accept

old, ancient

sentence, phrase, passage, to bend

history

each, every, each one individually

to combine, to unite, to put together, to gather, to collect

name

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Chinese character

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Chinese characters (Hanja)

Chinese characters dictionary

卵

Etymology

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