Historical Evolution
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
兔 [tù]
rabbit
Japanese
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (36)
兔子 [tùzi] #2,861
hare
兔崽子 [tùzǎizi] #9,496
brat
野兔 [yětù] #26,010
hare
守株待兔 [shǒuzhūdàitù] #22,782
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
兔年 [tùnián] #59,112
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
兔唇 [tùchún] #28,510
hare lip (birth defect)
玉兔 [yùtù] #56,654
the Jade Hare
兔子不吃窝边草 [tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo] #48,278
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兔子不吃窝边草 [tùzibùchīwōbiāncǎo] #48,278
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兔死狐悲 [tùsǐhúbēi] #53,346
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
KOREAN WORDS (1)