tù
rabbit
Pictograph of a rabbit.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 兔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
variant of 兔[tù] | ||
hare | ||
brat | ||
hare | ||
to wait idly for opportunities |
Component uses
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
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。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.748-749
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