兔 (tù): rabbit
兔 (tù) is a Chinese character meaning “rabbit.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 免 (structural) and 丶 (structural). It ranks #2294 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 兔 a rabbit. Its radical form 儿 (legs) appears in many related characters such as 儿 (ér, child), 元 (yuán, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)), 先 (xiān, beforehand).
Definitions
- rabbit
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA rabbit
Decomposition: ⿸免丶 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 兔
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兔崽子 | tù zǎi zi | brat |
| 白兔 | bái tù | white rabbit |
| 守株待兔 | shǒu zhū dài tù | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) |
| 野兔 | yě tù | hare |
| 兔唇 | tù chún | hare lip (birth defect) |
| 玉兔 | yù tù | the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) |
| 兔年 | tù nián | Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011) |
| 兔子尾巴长不了 | tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo | rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 小白兔 | xiǎo bái tù | small white rabbit |
| 兔斯基 | tù sī jī | Tuzki, a Chinese cartoon rabbit character used in emoticons and stickers, created in 2006 |
| 东兔西乌 | dōng tù xī wū | lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom) |
| 天兔座 | tiān tù zuò | Lepus (constellation) |
| 兔热病 | tù rè bìng | tularemia |
兔 appears in 31 compound words: 45 as the first character, 32 as the last, and 23 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 兔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom); fig. the passage of time
a crafty person has more than one hideout; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on
to be conservative; to resist change and innovation; to sit around and wait
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了兔字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le tù zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "兔" in the dictionary.
《大行》招银国际升极兔(01519.HK)目标价至14.7元 ...
dà háng zhāo yín guó jì shēng jí tù ( 0 1 5 1 9 . H K ) mù biāo jià zhì 1 4 . 7 yuán . . .
野兔被乌龟抛了在后头。
Yětù bèi wūguī pāo le zàihòu tóu.
The hare was overtaken by the tortoise.
白兔喜欢吃胡萝卜。
Bái tù xǐhuan chī húluóbo.
Rabbits like to eat carrots.
空手赤拳抓野兔并不容易。
Kōngshǒu chì quán zhuā yětù bìngbù róngyì.
It is not easy to catch a hare with your bare hands.
"你真的想那样吗?" 小白兔问。
"nǐ zhēn de xiǎng nàyàng ma?" xiǎobáitù wèn.
"Do you really wish that?" asked the little white rabbit.
"我希望你全都是我的!" 小黑兔说。
"wǒ xīwàng nǐ quándōu shì wǒ de!" xiǎo hēi tù shuō.
"I wish you were all mine!" said the little black rabbit.
猎人在田野追兔子
Lièrén zài tiányě zhuī tùzi
The hunter chases the rabbit in the fields.
那是一只有恶意的兔子。
Nàshi yī zhī yǒu èyì de tùzi.
That was an evil bunny.
兔子有长耳朵和短尾巴。
Tùzi yǒu cháng ěrduo hé duǎn wěiba.
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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