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Kanji Detail for 兎 - "rabbit, moon"

兎

  • Meaning

    兎 means "rabbit, moon."

    1. Rabbit - A long-eared mammal.

    2. Moon - Associated with the moon in legend.

  • Words using 兎

    • 兎角 とかく Listen (doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to

  • Four-character idioms with 兎

    • 亀毛兎角 きもうとかく Listen things that do not exist
    • 兎角亀毛 とかくきもう Listen things that do not exist
    • 狡兎三窟 こうとさんくつ Listen very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger
    • 狡兎良狗 こうとりょうく Listen When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
    • 金烏玉兎 きんうぎょくと Listen sun and moon

  • Origin of 兎

    A pictograph of a hare: long ears at the top, the crouched body, and a short tail — the dot at the lower right, which both the older 兔 and the Japanese standard 兎 keep. The Japanese form is one stroke lighter, its upper slash merging into the body instead of cutting past it. Japan sees a rabbit pounding rice cakes in the moon.

    How to remember it: Long ears up, body crouched, and a last dot for the tail — the rabbit.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: rabbit, moon
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read うさぎ, らびっと)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 兎

    Given names 兎(うさぎ)Listen 兎(らびっと)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rabbit; hare

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rabbit, hare

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 兔[tu4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    to(ト) ト

    tsu(ツ) ツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    usagi(うさぎ) うさぎ

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    rabbit moon hare bunny hop ears lunar long-eared pet wildlife

Sentences including 兎

  • Rabbits' have a good sense of hearing.

  • He ran like a scared rabbit.

  • I saw a wolf, a fox, and a rabbit.

  • But my place is like a rabbit hutch.

  • If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

  • They are the next to be on duty for taking care of the rabbits.

  • It's a rabbit, but it can walk on two legs.

  • I have a special attachment to rabbits.

  • I've been attracted to rabbits ever since.

  • My spirit animal is a rabbit. What's yours?

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