菟

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creeper

HSK 10

Nature →Plants

tù

ト、ツ

うさぎ

도, 토

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 兔 rabbit =

菟 creeper

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

plant

兔 Phonetic component

tù rabbit

variant of 兔[tù]

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

菟

Regular

Modern

Chinese

菟 [tù]

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses); also called 菟絲子|菟丝子

Japanese

兎、兔 (rare) 、兔 (rare) 、菟 (irreg.) うさぎ、う (old) 、ウサギ同音

noun usually kana rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

私はウサギの世話をしなければならない。

I must look after the rabbits.

Japanese Names

菟うさぎ

Usagi unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (3)

菟丝子 [tùsīzǐ] #44,778

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)

菟丝子 [tùsīzǐ] #44,778

dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds used in medicine)

玄菟郡 [Xuántùjùn]

Xuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

JAPANESE WORDS (11)

磯巾着 [いそぎんちゃく] #140,448

sea anemone

青葉木菟 [アオバズク] #265,960

brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata)

アメリカ大木葉木菟 [アメリカおおこのはずく]

screech owl (Otus asio)

アメリカ鷲木菟 [アメリカわしみみずく]

great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)

大木葉木菟 [オオコノハズク]

Japanese scops-owl (Otus semitorques)

木の葉木菟 [このはずく]

Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)

木菟鳥 [つくとり]

horned owl

虎斑木菟 [とらふずく]

long-eared owl (Asio otus)

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