兔
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Translingual
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| Japanese | 兎 |
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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
- 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
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兔 | |
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| alternative forms | 兎 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 兔 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
s07132 Transcribed ancient scripts L36015 L36016 L36017 L20680 L20681 L20682 L20683 L20684 | |||
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): tu3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): tu3
- Northern Min (KCR): tu̿
- Eastern Min (BUC): tó
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tou4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5thu
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tou4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tù
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tù
- Wade–Giles: tʻu4
- Yale: tù
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuh
- Palladius: ту (tu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (兔兒 / 兔儿)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tùr
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tùr
- Wade–Giles: tʻu4-ʼrh
- Yale: tùr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tull
- Palladius: тур (tur)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰuɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: tu4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: tou3
- Yale: tou
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou3
- Guangdong Romanization: tou3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: hu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hu³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu
- Hakka Romanization System: tu
- Hagfa Pinyim: tu4
- Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: tuˇ
- Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: tu4
- Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tu̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: tou4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: to̍
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔu⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘
- Tâi-lô: thòo
- Phofsit Daibuun: tox
- IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: tou3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòu
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰou²¹³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- Xiang
- Middle Chinese: thuH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːs/
Definitions
兔
- leporid (hare or rabbit)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) moon
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”)
- a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兔子 (“rabbit; hare”) [map]
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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chān
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chan
- Wade–Giles: chʻan1
- Yale: chān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
- Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
兔
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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
- (Chinese zodiac signs) (~年) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍/龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬/马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞/鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬/猪 (zhū) (Category: zh:Chinese zodiac signs)
Japanese
| 兎 | |
| 兔 |
Kanji
兔