See also:
U+514E, 兎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514E

[U+514D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+514F]

Translingual

Han character

(radical 10, +5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹中日戈 (HLAI))

Derived characters

  • (Orthodox form)

References

  • KangXi: page 124, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1359
  • Dae Jaweon: page 264, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 270, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+514E

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists as an unorthodox character (俗字) of . However, it is the preferred form used in modern Japanese.


Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“leporid; rabbit or hare; moon; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

  • Go-on: (tsu)
  • Kan-on: (to)
  • Kun: うさぎ (usagi, )

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *wosanki. Possible cognates found in Goguryeo 鳥斯含 (*tusəkəm) and 토끼 (tokki, “rabbit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

(counter , hiragana うさぎ, katakana ウサギ, rōmaji usagi)

  1. rabbit; hare; bunny; leporid

Usage notes


Korean

Hanja

(to) (hangeul , revised to, McCuneReischauer t'o)

  1. 토끼 (tokki) rabbit, hare
  2. (dar, dal) moon

Vietnamese

Han character

(thỏ, thố)

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  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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