兔

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

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

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

  • 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.
 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
j22552
j22553
j22554
j22555
j22556
s07132
Transcribed ancient scripts
L36015
L36016
L36017
L20680
L20681
L20682
L20683
L20684
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (兔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
菟 *tʰaːs, *daː
兔 *tʰaːs
鵵 *tʰaːs
梚 *daː

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/
Bernhard
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. * 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 (hare or rabbit)
  2. † moon
  3. † Short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”).
  4. a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 兔子 (“rabbit; hare”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 兔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兔
Taxonomic name 兔
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 兔兒, 兔子
Taiwan 兔子
Chengde 兔子
Ulanhot 兔子
Tongliao 兔子
Chifeng 兔子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 兔子
Heihe 兔兒, 兔子, 山跳兒
Qiqihar 兔子, 山跳兒
Harbin 兔兒, 兔子, 跳兒
Jiamusi 兔兒, 兔子, 山跳兒, 跳兒
Baicheng 兔子
Changchun 兔子
Tonghua 兔子
Shenyang 兔兒, 兔子
Jinzhou 兔兒, 兔子
Singapore 兔子
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 兔兒, 兔子
Tangshan 兔兒, 兔子
Cangzhou 兔子
Baoding 兔兒, 兔子
Shijiazhuang 兔子
Lijin 兔子
Jinan 兔子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 兔子
Dandong 兔兒, 兔子
Yantai 兔子
Yantai (Muping) 兔子
Qingdao 兔子
Zhucheng 兔子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 兔子
Jining 兔子, 豁子
Wanrong 兔娃
Linfen 兔娃子
Shangqiu 兔兒, 兔子
Yuanyang 兔兒
Zhengzhou 兔
Xinyang 兔
Baihe 兔子
Xi'an 兔, 兔子
Baoji 兔
Tianshui 兔兒
Xining 兔兒, 兔娃兒
Xuzhou 兔子, 豁子, 跑食, 跑子, 跑兒
Fuyang 兔子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 兔子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 兔子
Bayanhot 兔子
Lanzhou 兔兒, 兔子
Dunhuang 兔兒, 兔子
Hami 兔子
Ürümqi 兔子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 兔兒
Nanchong 兔子
Dazhou 兔兒
Hanyuan 兔兒
Xichang 兔子
Zigong 兔兒, 兔子
Chongqing 兔兒, 兔子
Wuhan 兔子
Yichang 兔子
Xiangyang 兔子
Tianmen 兔子
Guiyang 兔子, 長耳朵 humorous
Zunyi 兔兒, 兔子
Bijie 兔兒
Liping 兔子
Zhaotong 兔兒
Dali 兔子
Kunming 兔子
Mengzi 兔子
Guilin 兔子
Liuzhou 兔子
Jishou 兔兒, 兔子
Changde 兔兒
Hanzhong 兔子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 兔子
Yangzhou 兔子
Lianyungang 兔子, 三瓣嘴
Lianshui 兔子
Nantong 兔子
Anqing 兔子
Wuhu 兔子
Hefei 兔子, 跑山子
Huanggang 兔兒, 跑山子
Hong'an 兔子
Cantonese Guangzhou 兔, 兔仔
Hong Kong 兔, 兔仔
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 兔仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 兔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 兔仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 兔仔
Macau 兔
Guangzhou (Panyu) 兔
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 兔仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 兔
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 兔仔
Foshan 兔
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 兔
Foshan (Shunde) 兔
Foshan (Sanshui) 兔仔
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 兔
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 兔
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 兔
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 兔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 兔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 兔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 兔
Taishan 兔仔, 兔
Kaiping (Chikan) 兔
Enping (Niujiang) 兔
Heshan (Yayao) 兔
Dongguan 兔
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 白兔
Shaoguan 兔, 兔仔
Yunfu 兔仔
Yangjiang 兔, 兔仔
Xinyi 兔
Lianjiang 兔仔
Nanning 兔
Wuzhou 兔
Yulin 兔
Hepu (Lianzhou) 兔
Danzhou 兔仔
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 兔仔
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 兔
Yangon (Taishan) 兔仔
Mandalay (Taishan) 兔仔
Gan Nanchang 兔子
Pengze 兔子
Lichuan 兔兒
Pingxiang 兔子
Liuyang 兔哩
Hakka Meixian 兔仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 兔
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) 兔
Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) 兔哩
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 兔仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 兔仔
Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) 兔哩
Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) 兔
Boluo (Bendihua) 兔哎
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 兔仔
Zengcheng (Zhengguo) 兔
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 兔仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 兔仔
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 兔哩
Wuhua (Huacheng) 兔哩
Wuhua (Changbu) 兔哩
Wuhua (Mianyang) 兔哩
Heyuan (Bendihua) 兔咧
Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) 兔
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) 兔伊
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) 兔哎
Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) 兔蒂
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) 兔
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) 兔
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) 兔
Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) 兔
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 兔
Jiexi 兔
Luhe 兔仔
Yudu 兔子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兔仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 兔仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 兔仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 兔
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 兔仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 兔子
Hong Kong 兔仔
Luchuan (Daqiao) 兔
Sabah (Longchuan) 兔仔
Senai (Huiyang) 兔仔
Singkawang 兔
Huizhou Jixi 兔
Shexian 兔
Jin Taiyuan 兔兒
Pingyao 兔兒
Yangyuan 兔子, 山狸子
Datong 兔兒
Xinzhou 兔兒
Lüliang (Lishi) 兔兒, 兔子
Changzhi 兔子
Taibus (Baochang) 兔子
Linhe 兔子
Jining 兔子
Hohhot 兔兒, 兔子
Baotou 兔子
Dongsheng 兔子
Haibowan 兔子
Erenhot 兔子
Pingshan 兔兒
Zhangjiakou 兔子
Handan 兔子
Linzhou 兔哦
Suide 兔兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 兔仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 兔
Fuqing 兔, 兔囝
Matsu 兔
Southern Min Xiamen 兔仔
Quanzhou 兔仔
Jinjiang 兔仔
Yongchun 熊鼠
Zhangzhou 兔仔
Zhao'an 兔仔
Dongshan 兔仔
Kaohsiung 兔仔
Yilan 兔仔
Changhua (Lukang) 兔仔
Taichung 兔仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 兔
Tainan 兔仔
Taitung 兔
Hsinchu 兔仔
Penghu (Magong) 兔
Penang (Hokkien) 兔
Singapore (Hokkien) 兔
Manila (Hokkien) 兔
Zhangping (Yongfu) 洋鼠仔
Pingnan (Shangdu) 兔
Chaozhou 兔
Shantou 兔
Jieyang 兔
Bangkok (Teochew) 兔
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 兔囝
Wenchang 兔
Haikou 兔
Puxian Min Putian 兔
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 兔
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 兔
Xianyou 兔鼠, 月鼠, 兔
Xianyou (Fengting) 兔
Xianyou (Youyang) 兔
Central Min Sanming (Shaxian) 兔囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 兔, 兔仔
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 兔子
Wu Shanghai 兔子
Shanghai (Chongming) 兔子
Suzhou 兔子
Wuxi 兔子
Danyang 兔子
Hangzhou 兔兒
Ningbo 兔子, 兔
Wenzhou 兔兒
Jinhua 兔兒, 兔
Xiang Changsha 兔子
Loudi 兔子
Shuangfeng 兔子
Quanzhou 兔子

Compounds

Etymology 2

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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

(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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