See also: and
U+5154, 兔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5154

[U+5153]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5155]

U+2F80F, 兔
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80F

[U+2F80E]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
[U+2F810]

Translingual

Traditional
Simplified
Japanese
Korean
Stroke order

Alternative forms

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

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 125, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1368
  • Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 273, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5154

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (6)
Final () (23)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter thuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰoH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɔH/
Li
Rong
/tʰoH/
Wang
Li
/tʰuH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰuoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12509
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

  1. leporid (hare or rabbit)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) moon
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”)
  4. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

  • 一鵰雙兔 / 一雕双兔
  • 三兔穴
  • 三改兔
  • 三窟狡兔
  • 伏兔
  • 兔三窟
  • 兔丘
  • 兔兒爺 / 兔儿爷 (tùryé)
  • 兔冊 / 兔册
  • 兔唇 (tùchún)
  • 兔園 / 兔园
  • 兔園冊 / 兔园册
  • 兔奚
  • 兔女郎 (tùnǚláng)
  • 兔子 (tùzi)
  • 兔客
  • 兔宮 / 兔宫
  • 兔寶寶 / 兔宝宝
  • 兔崽子 (tùzǎizi)
  • 兔影
  • 兔徑 / 兔径
  • 兔房
  • 兔月
  • 兔楮
  • 兔死犬饑 / 兔死犬饥
  • 兔死狐悲 (tùsǐhúbēi)
  • 兔死狐泣
  • 兔死狗烹 (tùsǐgǒupēng)
  • 兔毛
  • 兔毛大伯
  • 兔毫
  • 兔毫竹管
  • 兔灰
  • 兔爰
  • 兔盡狗烹 / 兔尽狗烹
  • 兔盧 / 兔卢
  • 兔目
  • 兔窟
  • 兔竹
  • 兔管
  • 兔簡 / 兔简
  • 兔絲 / 兔丝
  • 兔絲子 / 兔丝子
  • 兔絲燕麥 / 兔丝燕麦
  • 兔縷 / 兔缕
  • 兔纖 / 兔纤
  • 兔缺 (tùquē)
  • 兔缺烏沈
  • 兔缺烏沉 / 兔缺乌沉
  • 兔罝 (tùjū)
  • 兔罟
  • 兔羅雉離 / 兔罗雉离
  • 兔羔子
  • 兔翰
  • 兔脣 / 兔唇 (tùchún)
  • 兔脫 / 兔脱
  • 兔苑
  • 兔華 / 兔华
  • 兔葵
  • 兔葵燕麥 / 兔葵燕麦
  • 兔藥 / 兔药
  • 兔褐
  • 兔角
  • 兔角牛翼
  • 兔角龜毛 / 兔角龟毛
  • 兔走烏飛 / 兔走乌飞 (tùzǒuwūfēi)
  • 兔走鶻落 / 兔走鹘落
  • 兔起烏沉 / 兔起乌沉
  • 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
  • 兔輝 / 兔辉
  • 兔輪 / 兔轮
  • 兔鉤 / 兔钩
  • 兔闕 / 兔阙
  • 兔頭 / 兔头
  • 兔頭獐腦 / 兔头獐脑
  • 兔鬣
  • 兔魄
  • 兔鶻 / 兔鹘
  • 兔黃 / 兔黄
  • 兔齧 / 兔啮
  • 冰兔
  • 動如脫兔 / 动如脱兔
  • 墜兔 / 坠兔
  • 夕兔
  • 守兔
  • 安哥拉兔 (āngēlā tù)
  • 守株伺兔
  • 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù)
  • 家兔 (jiātù)
  • 寒兔
  • 待兔
  • 待兔守株
  • 得兔忘蹄
  • 撐目兔 / 撑目兔
  • 月中兔
  • 月兔 (yuètù)
  • 木兔
  • 東兔西烏 / 东兔西乌
  • 東門逐兔 / 东门逐兔
  • 桂兔 (guìtù)
  • 毚兔
  • 毛兔子
  • 海兔 (hǎitù)
  • 烏兔 / 乌兔
  • 烏踆兔走 / 乌踆兔走
  • 烏飛兔走 / 乌飞兔走
  • 犬兔俱斃 / 犬兔俱毙
  • 狐兔
  • 狐兔之悲
  • 狗兔聽提 / 狗兔听提
  • 狐死兔悲
  • 狐死兔泣
  • 狡兔三穴
  • 狡兔三窟 (jiǎotùsānkū)
  • 狼奔兔脫 / 狼奔兔脱
  • 獅子搏兔 / 狮子搏兔
  • 獲兔烹狗 / 获兔烹狗
  • 玄兔
  • 玉兔 (yùtù)
  • 玉兔毫
  • 玉兔胡
  • 玉兔鶻 / 玉兔鹘
  • 琉球兔 (liúqiútù)
  • 瑤兔 / 瑶兔
  • 當兔 / 当兔
  • 白兔 (báitù)
  • 白兔公
  • 白兔公子
  • 白兔御史
  • 白兔擣藥 / 白兔捣药
  • 白兔記 / 白兔记
  • 白兔赤烏 / 白兔赤乌 (báitùchìwū)
  • 目兔顧犬 / 目兔顾犬
  • 秋兔毫
  • 竹兔
  • 罝兔
  • 老兔
  • 脫兔 / 脱兔
  • 臥兔 / 卧兔
  • 臥兔兒 / 卧兔儿
  • 莎兔
  • 蜍兔
  • 蟾兔 (chántù)
  • 蟾逃兔遁
  • 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
  • 賀兔頭 / 贺兔头
  • 赤兔 (Chìtù)
  • 走兔
  • 跑兔子
  • 跟兔
  • 跳兔
  • 踆兔
  • 踢死兔 (tīsǐtù)
  • 蹇兔
  • 迎霜兔
  • 逐兔
  • 逐兔先得
  • 逸兔
  • 野兔 (yětù)
  • 金兔
  • 金烏玉兔 / 金乌玉兔 (jīnwūyùtù)
  • 銀兔符 / 银兔符
  • 陰兔 / 阴兔
  • 雉兔
  • 雙兔碑 / 双兔碑
  • 雪兔
  • 霜兔
  • 靈兔 / 灵兔
  • 青蟾兔
  • 顧兔 / 顾兔
  • 飛兔 / 飞兔
  • 騛兔
  • 魄兔
  • 鶉兔 / 鹑兔
  • 麞兔 / 獐兔
  • 鼠兔 (shǔtù)
  • 龜兔賽跑 / 龟兔赛跑
  • 龜毛兔角 / 龟毛兔角 (guīmáotùjiǎo)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

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

See also

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Rabbit

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 토끼 (tokki to))

  1. hanja form? of (rabbit, hare)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: thố, thỏ

  1. Rabbit
  2. (by extension) a leporid