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Meaning of 昴

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Pinyin: mǎo
English Definition: the Pleiades
Chinese Definition:
①星名,二十八宿之一。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (sun) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] sun; day; daytime
    • [ mǎo ] 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.
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Example Words
昴宿星团 mǎo xiù xīng tuán Pleiades M45
昴星团 mǎo xīng tuán Pleiades M45
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Example Sentences
1
宿
Many of their languages include names for the Pleades.
2
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
3
The Hyades and Pleiades are the two brightest and most noticeable open clusters in the night sky.
4
宿
The star Merope lies just off the upper left edge of this picture from the Hubble Space Telescope.
5
Some star clusters can beseen with the naked eye, such as the famous Pleiades cluster in theconstellation Taurus.