兎
rabbit, hare
Readings
On'yomi
- ト
- ツ
Kun'yomi
- うさぎ
Meaning
兎 centers on the animal rabbit or hare, with no major abstract extensions.
Most common words using 兎
20 of 67- 兎うさぎN3
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
- 兎角とかくN1
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that
- 白兎しろうさぎ
white rabbit
- 烏兎うと
sun and moon
- 二兎にと
two rabbits
- 雪兎ゆきうさぎ
mountain hare (Lepus timidus); blue hare; white hare; alpine hare
- 兎唇いぐち
harelip; cleft lip
- 兎唇としん
cleft lip
- 兎馬うさぎうま
donkey
- 月の兎つきのうさぎ
moon rabbit; moon hare; mythical figure who lives on the moon
- アンゴラ兎アンゴラうさぎ
Angora rabbit
- チンチラ兎チンチラうさぎ
chinchilla rabbit
- 一兎いっと
one rabbit
- 亀毛兎角きもうとかく
things that do not exist; fur on turtles, horns on rabbits
- 二兎を追うにとをおう
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
- 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ずにとをおうものはいっとをもえず
if you run after two hares you will catch neither
- 二十日兎はつかうさぎ
pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)
- 兎にも角にもとにもかくにも
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
- 兎の毛うのけ
slight amount; just a hair; hair of a rabbit
- 兎も角もともかくも
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
Study
Etymology
兎 is a pictograph of a rabbit, with the modern form retaining a stylized head, body, and legs. The inner dot may represent the tail or an ear.
Meaning mnemonic
The top stroke suggests a rabbit's ear, the boxy middle its body, and the lower strokes its legs. The dot inside is its fluffy tail.
Reading mnemonic
For ト, imagine a rabbit hopping onto a toe: toe -> ト, and the rabbit lands softly.