兔
rabbit
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,843 U+5154
How 兔 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A rabbit
How to remember it
rabbit · Heisig RSH #1447
bound up + 口 mouth + human legs + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 兔 as their sound component
These characters all use 兔 (tù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兔 sound component | tù | rabbit, hare |
| 菟 | tù | creeper, parasitic vine; Cuscuta sinensis |
| 堍 | tù | embankment |
Words containing 兔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兔子尾巴长不了 | tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo | rabbits don't have long tails (idiom); its days are numbered; won't last long |
| 兔子不吃窝边草 | tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo | (lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying); (fig.) even a scoundr… |
| 不见兔子不撒鹰 | bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng | you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom); one doesn't act before one … |
| 东兔西乌 | dōng tù xī wū | lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); fig. the passage of time |
| 小白兔 | xiǎo bái tù | small white rabbit; (fig.) innocent and naive person; (fig.) (slang) breast |
| 金乌西坠，玉兔东升 | jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng | lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the e… |
| 兔斯基 | Tù sī jī | Tuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006 |
| 关门兔 | guān mén tù | (sports) (coll.) sweeper (in a running event) |
| 兔热病 | tù rè bìng | tularemia; rabbit fever |
| 天兔座 | Tiān tù zuò | Lepus (constellation) |
| 守株待兔，缘木求鱼 | shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú | to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); withou… |
| 兔子 | tù zi | hare; rabbit; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 海兔 | hǎi tù | sea hare (large sea slugs, mostly of genus Aplysia) |
| 白兔 | bái tù | white rabbit; (fig.) (slang) breast |
| 兔年 | tù nián | Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) |
| 米兔 | mǐ tù | (Internet slang) (loanword) #MeToo (movement against sexual harassment and assault) |
| 玉兔 | yù tù | the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon); the Moon |
| 野兔 | yě tù | hare |
| 兔死狐悲 | tù sǐ hú bēi | lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded… |
| 狡兔死，走狗烹 | jiǎo tù sǐ , zǒu gǒu pēng | see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1] |