Chinese Character Wiki
兔

tù

rabbit

Pictograph of a rabbit.

Evolution

兔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
兔 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
兔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
兔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
兔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兔  

tù

rabbit, hare; rabbit

兔 (兎) 

tù

variant of 兔[tù]

Most common words with 兔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

兔

variant of 兔[tù]

兔子

hare

兔崽子

brat

野兔

hare

守株待兔

to wait idly for opportunities

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

毚 逸

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

菟 堍

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

馋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤa-s

thuH

tù

rabbit, hare


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 9.7870% of movies

1718th most common character in movies

2364th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5154

Shuowen

“兔，獸名。象踞，後其尾形，兔頭與頭同。”


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