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

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

𠗟堍婏𤟛逸㭸㕙䖘䨲鵵冤寃㝹菟毚嬔

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

Unihan data for U+2F80F

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

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

Probably Sino-Tibetan; compare Japhug qala (“rabbit”) (with animal prefix qa-), Lisu ꓕꓳꓽ ꓡꓻ (tʰò lɑ) (Schuessler, 2007; Zhang et al., 2019).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tù (tu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tu⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тў (tw, III)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tou³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): tu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thu

(Meixian, Guangdong): tu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): tu³
Northern Min (KCR): tu̿
Eastern Min (BUC): tó
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): tou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): tou³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵thu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴
  - Yale: tù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuh
  - Palladius: ту (tu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (兔兒／兔儿)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tùr
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tùr
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: tùr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tull
  - Palladius: тур (tur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuɻʷ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tu⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тў (tw, III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tou³
  - Yale: tou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu
  - Hakka Romanization System: tu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: tu³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tu̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔu⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thò͘
  - Tâi-lô: thòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵thu
  - MiniDict: thu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²thu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰu³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰəu̯⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: thuH

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	/tʰuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔ^H/
Li Rong	/tʰo^H/
Wang Li	/tʰu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tʰuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤa-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	兔
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	tù
Middle Chinese	‹ thu^H ›
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

leporid (hare or rabbit)
^† moon
^† Short for 伏兔 (“a component of a chariot”).
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 兔子 (“rabbit; hare”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Huizhou	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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chān (chan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chān
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chan
  - Wade–Giles: chʻan¹
  - Yale: chān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
  - Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/

Definitions

兔

^† Mercury (planet)

Etymology 3

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	兎
Kyūjitai	兔

Kanji

兔

(Hyōgai kanji)

Rabbit

Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

兔 (eumhun 토끼 토 (tokki to))

hanja form^? of 토 (“rabbit, hare”)

Vietnamese

Han character

兔: Hán Nôm readings: thố, thỏ

Rabbit
(by extension) a leporid