兔罝

Chinese

		rabbit	net for catching rabbits
simp. and trad. (兔罝)		兔	罝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tùjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³ ze¹, tou³ zeoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tùjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tùjyu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: tù-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuhjiu
    • Palladius: туцзюй (tuczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³ ze¹, tou³ zeoi¹
    • Yale: tou jē, tou jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³ dze¹, tou³ dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³ zé¹, tou³ zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³ t͡sɛː⁵⁵/, /tʰou̯³³ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: thuH tsjae

Rime
Character	兔	罝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	麻 (100)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	湯故切	子邪切
Baxter	thuH	tsjae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuoH/	/t͡sia/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoH/	/t͡sia/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰoH/	/t͡sia/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔH/	/t͡sia/
Li Rong	/tʰoH/	/t͡sia/
Wang Li	/tʰuH/	/t͡sĭa/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuoH/	/t͡si̯a/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù	jiē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou3	ze1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːs  ʔsjaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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; * 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	罝
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12509	10374
Phonetic component	兔	且
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	菟	嗟
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːs/	/*ʔsjaː/

Noun

兔罝

1. (literary) net for catching rabbits

   • 肅肅兔罝，椓之丁丁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肃肃兔罝，椓之丁丁。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Sùsù tùjū, zhuó zhī zhēngzhēng. [Pinyin]

     Carefully adjusted are the rabbit nets;
     Clang clang go the blows on the pegs.

Verb

兔罝

1. (literary) to catch rabbits with a net