菟

See also: 莵

菟 U+83DF, 菟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83DF ← 菞 [U+83DE] CJK Unified Ideographs 菠 → [U+83E0]

Translingual

Han character

菟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓日戈 (TNAI), four-corner 4441₃, composition ⿱艹兔)

1. dodder
2. creeper

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1038, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31189
• Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 8
• Unihan data for U+83DF

Chinese

trad.		菟
simp. #		菟
alternative forms		莵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
菟	*tʰaːs, *daː
兔	*tʰaːs
鵵	*tʰaːs
梚	*daː

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tù (tu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴
    • Yale: tù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuh
    • Palladius: ту (tu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou³
    • Yale: tou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: thuH

Rime
Character	菟
Reading #	2/2
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菟
Reading #	1/2
No.	12508
Phonetic component	兔
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	菟
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

菟

1. Used in 菟葵.
2. Used in 菟裘.
3. Used in 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī) and 菟絲子／菟丝子 (tùsīzǐ).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tú (tu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²
    • Yale: tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
    • Palladius: ту (tu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: du

Rime
Character	菟
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	同都切
Baxter	du
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/do/
Wang Li	/du/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菟
Reading #	2/2
No.	12511
Phonetic component	兔
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徒
Old Chinese	/*daː/

Definitions

菟

1. Only used in 於菟 (wūtú).

References

• “菟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

菟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. dodder

Readings

• Go-on: つ (tsu); ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
• Kan-on: と (to)
• Kun: うさぎ (usagi, 菟)
• Nanori: う (u)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 菟裘(ときゅう) (tokyū)
• 菟糸子(としし) (toshishi)
• 菟道(とどう) (todō)
• 於菟(おと) (oto)
• 菟砥(うと)川(かわ) (Utokawa)
• 菟(う)原(はら) (Uhara)
• 菟(う)本(もと) (Umoto)
• 菟田(うた) (Uta), 菟田(うだ) (Uda)
• 菟葵(イソギンチャク) (isoginchaku)
• 木菟(つく) (tsuku), 木菟(ずく) (zuku)
• 木菟(ミミズク) (mimizuku)

Korean

Hanja

菟 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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