兎

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See also: 兔
兎 U+514E, 兎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514E
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Translingual

Han character

兎 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹中日戈 (HLAI))

Derived characters

  • 兔 (Orthodox form)

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists 兎 as an unorthodox character (俗字) of 兔. However, it is the preferred form used in modern Japanese.

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+514E

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 兎 – see 兔 (“leporid; moon; etc.”).
(This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 兔).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

兎

Kyūjitai

兔

Kanji

兎

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
兎
うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *osanki, variant of *wosanki. Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *烏斯含 (*osegam).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

兎(うさぎ) or 兎(ウサギ) • (usagi)  (counter 羽)

  1. rabbit; hare; leporid

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウサギ.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

兎 (eum 토 (to))

  1. 토끼 (tokki) rabbit, hare
  2. 달 (dar, dal) moon

Vietnamese

Han character

兎: Hán Nôm readings: thỏ, thố

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