菟

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See also: 莵
菟 U+83DF, 菟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83DF
← 菞
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 菠 →

Translingual

Han character

菟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓日戈 (TNAI), four-corner 44413, composition ⿱艹兔)

  1. dodder
  2. creeper

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1038, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31189
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+83DF

Chinese

trad. 菟
simp. # 菟
alternative forms 莵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
菟 *tʰaːs, *daː
兔 *tʰaːs
鵵 *tʰaːs
梚 *daː

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菟
Reading # 2/2
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 菟
Reading # 1/2
No. 12508
Phonetic
component 		兔
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		菟
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

菟

  1. Used in 菟葵.
  2. Used in 菟裘.
  3. Used in 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī) and 菟絲子／菟丝子 (tùsīzǐ).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 菟
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 定 (7)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 同都切
Baxter du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/duo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/duo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/do/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/dɔ/
Li
Rong 		/do/
Wang
Li 		/du/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱuo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 菟
Reading # 2/2
No. 12511
Phonetic
component 		兔
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		徒
Old
Chinese 		/*daː/

Definitions

菟

  1. Only used in 於菟 (wūtú).

References

Japanese

Kanji

菟

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. dodder

Readings

  • Go-on: つ (tsu)、ず (zu)←づ (du, historical)
  • Kan-on: と (to)
  • Kun: うさぎ (usagi, 菟)
  • Nanori: う (u)

Compounds

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

菟 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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