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| Traditional | 兔 |
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| Simplified | 兔 |
| Japanese | 兎 |
| Korean | 兔 |
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A variant form with刀 rather than⺈ on top exists. A compatibility ideograph (U+2F80F) exists for the character with刀 on top.
兔 (Kangxi radical 10,儿+6, 8 strokes,cangjie input弓山戈 (NUI),four-corner17413,composition⿷免丶)
| simp. andtrad. | 兔 | |
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| alternative forms | 兎 | |
| Historical forms of the character兔 | |||
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| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
References: Mostly from Richard Sears'Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Pictogram (象形) – a rabbit.
ProbablySino-Tibetan; compareJaphugqala(“rabbit”) (with animal prefixqa-),Lisuꓕꓳꓽ ꓡꓻ(tʰò lɑ) (Schuessler, 2007;Zhang et al., 2019).
| Rime | |
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| 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) | |
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| 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; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 兔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12509 |
| Phonetic component | 兔 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 菟 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰaːs/ |
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兔
| For pronunciation and definitions of兔 – see菟 (“Used in於菟”). (This character is a variant form of菟). |
| 兎 | |
| 兔 |
兔:Hán Việt readings:thố[1][2][3][4]
兔:Nôm readings:thỏ[1][2][3],thò[1],xỏ[1]