兎

See also: 兔
兎 U+514E, 兎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514E
← 免
[U+514D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 兏 →
[U+514F]

Translingual

Han character

兎 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹中日戈 (HLAI))

Derived characters
  • 兔 (Orthodox form)

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists 兎 as an unorthodox character (俗字) of 兔. However, it is the preferred form used in modern Japanese.

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 270, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+514E

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 兎 – see 兔 (“leporid; rabbit or hare; moon; etc.”).
(This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 兔).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
兎

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
兎
うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *osanki, variant of *wosanki. Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *烏斯含 (*osegam).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うさぎ [ùságí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝsa̠ɡʲi]

Noun

兎(うさぎ) or 兎(ウサギ) • (usagi)  (counter 羽)

  1. rabbit; hare; leporid

Usage notes

References
  1. 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

兎 (eum 토 (to))

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

Vietnamese

Han character

兎: Hán Nôm readings: thỏ, thố

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