兎

See also: 兔

兎	U+514E, 兎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514E

Translingual edit

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

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

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

兎

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

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

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウサギ.

^ 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25
^ 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

兎 (eum 토 (to))

兎: Hán Nôm readings: thỏ, thố

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