Word Meaning 卯の刻

うのこく u no koku

卯の刻 is read as うのこく (u no koku) and means hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am).

Meaning

English

hour of the Rabbit (around 6am, 5-7am, or 6-8am)
hour of the Hare

Reading

Kana

うのこく

Romaji

u no koku

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 139815 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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卯

う

east

彫刻

ちょうこく

carving

即刻

そっこく

immediately

死亡推定時刻

しぼうすいていじこく

estimated time of death

標本時刻

ひょうほんじこく

sampling time

亥の刻

いのこく

hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight)

春宵一刻

しゅんしょういっこく

a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold)

時刻

じこく

time

深刻

しんこく

serious

刻一刻

こくいっこく

moment by moment

遅刻

ちこく

lateness

一刻

いっこく

stubborn

Example Sentences

卯の刻は午前六時ごろを指します。

うのこくはごぜんろくじごろをさします。

The hour of the Rabbit refers to around 6 AM.