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

power, force, influence, momentum

to become, to transform

north, to turn one’s back, to flee, to lose

to divide, to distinguish, boundary, district

thousand, 1000, one-thousandth

south, southern

broad, extensive, learned

to divine, to tell fortunes, to occupy

ovum, egg

thick, deep, profound

hill, plain, source, origin, fundamental, original

branch, fork, divergence, to cross

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

friend, companion, friendship

to turn back, return, to oppose, to reverse

to receive, to accept

to betray, to rebel

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卵

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