兔

See also: 兎 and 免
兔 U+5154, 兔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5154
← 兓
[U+5153]
CJK Unified Ideographs 兕 →
[U+5155]

兔 U+2F80F, 兔
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F80F
← 免
[U+2F80E]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 兤 →
[U+2F810]

Translingual

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(GHTJV) or ⿷免丶(K))

Derived characters

References

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




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 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/
Bernard
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. *[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 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; rabbit or hare
  2. † moon
  3. † Short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”).
  4. a surname
Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation


Definitions

兔

  1. † Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

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

See also

Japanese

Shinjitai

兎

Kyūjitai

兔

Kanji

兔

(uncommon “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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