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noun | tù zǎi zi | brat |
| 白兔noun | bái tù | white rabbit |
| 守株待兔phrase | shǒu zhū dài tù | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) |
| 野兔noun | yě tù | hare |
| 兔唇noun | tù chún | hare lip (birth defect) |
| 玉兔noun | yù tù | the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) |
| 兔年noun | 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phrase | 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proverb | tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo | (lit.) a rabbit never eats the grass beside its own burrow (saying) |
| 关门兔 | guān mén tù | (sports) (coll.) sweeper (in a running event) |
| 小白兔noun | 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proper-noun | tiān tù zuò | Lepus (constellation) |
兔 appears in 33 compound words: 42 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 21 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.
兔子雷顿率领动物小队深入神秘的獭獭村，机械军团的铁蹄已悄然踏进这片宁静的水泽秘境。
tù zǐ léi dùn lǜ lǐng dòng wù xiǎo duì shēn rù shén mì de 獭 獭 cūn , jī xiè jūn tuán de tiě 蹄 yǐ qiǎo rán tà jìn zhè piàn nìng jìng de shuǐ zé mì jìng .
Led by Rabbit Layton, the animal squad ventures deep into the mysterious Otter Village, where the iron hooves of the Mechanical Legion have already quietly invaded this tranquil, hidden marshland.
哈桑，那个兔唇的哈桑，那个追风筝的人。
hā sāng , nà gè tù chún de hā sāng , nà gè zhuī fēng zhēng de rén .
Hassan, Hassan with the cleft lip, the one who chased the kite.
适逢旅游旺季，他与同伴身着戏服在青水古廊桥上演绎经典剧目《白兔记》。
shì féng lǚ yóu wàng jì , tā yǔ tóng bàn shēn zhe xì fú zài qīng shuǐ gǔ láng qiáo shàng yǎn yì jīng diǎn jù mù bái tù jì .
With the peak tourist season in full swing, he and his fellow performers, dressed in traditional costumes, staged the classic play *The Tale of the White Rabbit* on the Qingshui Ancient Covered Bridge.
命运之日，不祥的征兆降临兔子村。
mìng yùn zhī rì , bù xiáng de zhēng zhào jiàng lín tù zǐ cūn .
On that fateful day, ominous signs descended upon Rabbit Village.
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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.
Character Family
儿 Radical Family — Characters sharing the legs radical
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