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<WL>兔 [tù] (兔子 tùzi) rabbit @@[tú] [chān]
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<WL>兔 [tù] (兔子 tùzi) rabbit@@ [tú] 菟, 於菟  [chān] 毚, 辰星 (別名), 太白, 金星, 启明, 长庚
 
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“It represents a hare when it is squatting, with its tail perked up.” —Wieger.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 兔(􁫉) tù ‘rabbit’ derives from old pictographs depicting a rabbit, with the ears/head above, squatting on its hind legs, with a final stroke/dot for the tail.
Note the similarity to 免 miǎn ‘avoid’; 兔 tù has a dot.
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“It represents a hare when it is squatting, with its tail perked up.” —Wieger.
#rG.368.22 W.106b K.GSR63a D.1.273.4 M.6534 KX..125.06 B.087.1.06
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Compare: 㲋(􁫄𣬋) chuò ‘hare’ (in which the four feet/legs are drawn); 逸(􁫊) yì ‘escape’.
#c免丶
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Compare: (􁫎) miǎn ‘avoid’ (which has one less stroke).
#y tou-</WL>
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#rG.368.22 W.106b K.GSR63a D.1.273.4 M.6534 KX..125.06 B.087.1.06 WHY...52 E.1
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#c免丶
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#y tou-
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Latest revision as of 05:30, 19 February 2019

[] (兔​ tùzi) rabbit [] ​, ​ [chān] ​, ​ (​), ​, ​, ​, ​

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹tù(r) {E} n. rabbit; hare

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 兔 tù ‘rabbit’ derives from old pictographs depicting a rabbit, with the ears/head above, squatting on its hind legs, with a final stroke/dot for the tail.
    “It represents a hare when it is squatting, with its tail perked up.” —Wieger.
    Compare: ​(​𣬋) chuò ‘hare’ (in which the four feet/legs are drawn); ​ yì ‘escape’.
    Compare: ​ miǎn ‘avoid’ (which has one less stroke).
►references: Guǎngyùn:368.22; Wieger:106b; Karlgren:GSR63a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.273.4; Mathews:6534; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:125.06; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:087.1.06; Wáng(1993):52; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: tou-
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Unicode: U+5154
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