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 (radical 10, 儿+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓山戈 (NUI), four-corner 17413, composition ⿷免丶(GHTJ) or ⿳⺈𫩏⿻儿㇔(V) or ⿱刀⿸⿻口㇓⿺㇟㇔(K))

References

  • KangXi: page 125, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1368
  • Dae Jaweon: page 265, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 273, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5154

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 兔
alt. 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
Oracle bone script

j22552

j22553

j22554

j22555

j22556

Small seal script

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

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
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 兔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 tù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ thuH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*l̥ˤa-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
Dialectal synonyms of 兔子 (“rabbit; hare”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 兔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 兔
Taxonomic name 兔
Mandarin Beijing 兔兒、兔子
Taiwan 兔子
Harbin 兔兒、兔子
Shenyang 兔子
Hailar 兔子
Ulan Hot 兔子
Tongliao 兔子
Chifeng 兔子
Bayanhot 兔子
Jinan 兔子
Muping 兔子
Luoyang 兔子
Jiedian 兔娃
Xi'an 兔
Xining 兔兒
Xuzhou 豁子、跑食、跑子
Yinchuan 兔子
Lanzhou 兔兒
Ürümqi 兔子
Wuhan 兔子
Chengdu 兔兒
Guiyang 兔子、長耳朵 humorous
Guilin 兔子
Liuzhou 兔子
Kunming 兔子
Yangzhou 兔子
Nanjing 兔子
Hefei 兔子、跑山子
Cantonese Guangzhou 兔
Hong Kong 兔、兔仔
Shunde 兔
Zhongshan 兔
Dongguan 兔
Hong Kong (Weitou) 兔仔
Taishan 兔
Doumen 兔
Kaiping 兔
Shaoguan 兔、兔仔
Yunfu 兔仔
Yangjiang 兔、兔仔
Xinyi 兔
Lianjiang 兔仔
Nanning 兔
Wuzhou 兔
Yulin 兔
Hepu 兔
Kuala Lumpur 兔仔
Gan Nanchang 兔子
Lichuan 兔兒
Pingxiang 兔子
Hakka Meixian 兔仔
Luchuan 兔
Yudu 兔子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 兔仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 兔仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 兔仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 兔
Zhuolan (Raoping) 兔仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 兔子
Hong Kong 兔仔
Sabah 兔仔
Senai 兔仔
Singkawang 兔
Huizhou Jixi 兔
Jin Taiyuan 兔兒
Xinzhou 兔兒
Baochang 兔子
Jining 兔子
Hohhot 兔兒
Baotou 兔子
Dongsheng 兔子
Linhe 兔子
Haibowan 兔子
Min Bei Jian'ou 兔仔
Min Dong Fuzhou 兔
Fuqing 兔、兔囝
Min Nan Xiamen 兔仔
Quanzhou 兔仔
Zhangzhou 兔仔
Taipei 兔仔
Kaohsiung 兔仔
Tainan 兔仔
Taichung 兔仔
Wuqi 兔
Hsinchu 兔仔
Taitung 兔
Lukang 兔仔
Yilan 兔仔
Magong 兔
Penang 兔
Singapore 兔
Pingnan 兔
Chaozhou 兔
Johor Bahru 兔囝
Haikou 兔
Puxian Min Putian 兔
Xianyou 兔鼠、月鼠、兔
Pinghua Nanning 兔、兔仔
Guilin 兔子
Wu Shanghai 兔子
Suzhou 兔子
Hangzhou 兔兒
Wenzhou 兔兒
Chongming 兔子
Danyang 兔子
Jinhua 兔兒
Ningbo 兔子、兔
Xiang Changsha 兔子
Shuangfeng 兔子
Loudi 兔子
Quanzhou 兔子

Compounds

Etymology 2

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.)

Japanese

Kanji

兔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

兔 • (to) (hangeul 토, revised to, McCune–Reischauer t'o)

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

Vietnamese

Han character

兔 (thố, thỏ)

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