兔

See also: 兎 and 免
兔 U+5154, 兔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5154
← 兓
[U+5153]
CJK Unified Ideographs 兕 →
[U+5155]

兔 U+2F80F, 兔
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80F
← 免
[U+2F80E]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 兤 →
[U+2F810]

Translingual

Traditional 兔
Simplified 兔
Japanese 兎
Korean 兔
Stroke order

Alternative forms

A variant form with 刀 rather than ⺈ on top exists. A compatibility ideograph (U+2F80F) exists for the character with 刀 on top.

Han character

兔 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓山戈 (NUI), four-corner 17413, composition ⿷免丶)

Derived characters

References

Chinese

simp. and trad.
兔
alternative forms 兎

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 兔
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts




References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – a rabbit.

Etymology 1

Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Japhug qala (“rabbit”) (with animal prefix qa-), Lisu ꓕꓳꓽ ꓡꓻ (tʰò lɑ) (Schuessler, 2007; Zhang et al., 2019).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 兔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 透 (6)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 湯故切
Baxter thuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɔH/
Li
Rong
/tʰoH/
Wang
Li
/tʰuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tʰuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
tù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
tù
Middle
Chinese
‹ thuH ›
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ˁa-s/
English rabbit, hare

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 兔
Reading # 1/1
No. 12509
Phonetic
component
兔
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
菟
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

兔

  1. leporid; rabbit or hare
  2. † moon
  3. † Short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”).
  4. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 三窟狡兔
  • 伏兔
  • 兔兒爺/兔儿爷 (tùryé)
  • 兔園/兔园
  • 兔園冊/兔园册
  • 兔女郎 (tùnǚláng)
  • 兔子 (tùzi)
  • 兔寶寶/兔宝宝
  • 兔崽子 (tùzǎizi)
  • 兔死狐悲 (tùsǐhúbēi)
  • 兔死狗烹 (tùsǐgǒupēng)
  • 兔毛
  • 兔毛大伯
  • 兔毫
  • 兔毫竹管
  • 兔爰
  • 兔盡狗烹/兔尽狗烹
  • 兔絲/兔丝
  • 兔絲燕麥/兔丝燕麦
  • 兔缺 (tùquē)
  • 兔缺烏沉/兔缺乌沉
  • 兔罝 (tùjū)
  • 兔羅雉離/兔罗雉离
  • 兔羔子
  • 兔脣/兔唇 (tùchún)
  • 兔脫/兔脱
  • 兔角龜毛/兔角龟毛
  • 兔走烏飛/兔走乌飞 (tùzǒuwūfēi)
  • 兔起鳧舉/兔起凫举
  • 兔起鶻落/兔起鹘落
  • 兔跳
  • 兔跡狐蹤/兔迹狐踪
  • 兔躍/兔跃
  • 兔魄
  • 動如脫兔/动如脱兔
  • 安哥拉兔 (āngēlā tù)
  • 守株伺兔
  • 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù)
  • 家兔
  • 東兔西烏/东兔西乌
  • 毚兔
  • 毛兔子
  • 海兔 (hǎitù)
  • 烏兔/乌兔
  • 烏飛兔走/乌飞兔走
  • 犬兔俱斃/犬兔俱毙
  • 狐兔之悲
  • 狗兔聽提/狗兔听提
  • 狐死兔悲
  • 狐死兔泣
  • 狡兔三窟 (jiǎotùsānkū)
  • 獅子搏兔/狮子搏兔
  • 玄兔
  • 玉兔 (yùtù)
  • 白兔 (báitù)
  • 白兔擣藥/白兔捣药
  • 白兔記/白兔记
  • 白兔赤烏/白兔赤乌 (báitùchìwū)
  • 脫兔/脱兔
  • 臥兔兒/卧兔儿
  • 蟾兔 (chántù)
  • 裝兔子/装兔子
  • 見兔呼狗/见兔呼狗
  • 見兔放鷹/见兔放鹰
  • 見兔顧犬/见兔顾犬
  • 赤兔 (Chìtù)
  • 跑兔子
  • 踢死兔 (tīsǐtù)
  • 蹇兔
  • 逐兔先得
  • 野兔 (yětù)
  • 金烏玉兔/金乌玉兔 (jīnwūyùtù)
  • 顧兔/顾兔
  • 飛兔/飞兔
  • 鼠兔 (shǔtù)
  • 龜兔賽跑/龟兔赛跑
  • 龜毛兔角/龟毛兔角 (guīmáotùjiǎo)

Pronunciation


Definitions

兔

  1. † Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 兔 – see 菟 (“Used in 於菟”).
(This character is a variant form of 菟).

See also

Japanese

Shinjitai

兎

Kyūjitai

兔

Kanji

兔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Rabbit

Readings

  • Go-on: つ (tsu)
  • Kan-on: と (to)
  • Kun: うさぎ (usagi, 兔)

Korean

Hanja

兔 (eumhun 토끼 토 (tokki to))

  1. Hanja form? of 토 (“rabbit, hare”).

Vietnamese

Han character

兔: Hán Nôm readings: thố, thỏ

  1. Rabbit
  2. (by extension) a leporid
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