菟

See also: 莵

菟	U+83DF, 菟 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-83DF

← 菞
[U+83DE]

CJK Unified Ideographs

菠 →
[U+83E0]

Translingual

Han character

菟 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓日戈 (TNAI), four-corner 4441₃, composition ⿱艹兔)

dodder
creeper

References

KangXi: page 1038, character 18

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31189

Dae Jaweon: page 1496, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3237, character 8

Unihan data for U+83DF

Chinese

trad.		菟
simp. ^#		菟
alternative forms		莵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兔) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
菟	tʰaːs, daː
兔	*tʰaːs
鵵	*tʰaːs
梚	*daː

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tù (tu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tù
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu⁴
  - Yale: tù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuh
  - Palladius: ту (tu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou³
  - Yale: tou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯³³/

Middle Chinese: /tʰuo^H/

Rime
Character	菟
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	湯故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuo^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuo^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰo^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰɔ^H/
Li Rong	/tʰo^H/
Wang Li	/tʰu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菟
Reading #	1/2
No.	12508
Phonetic component	兔
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	菟
Old Chinese	/*tʰaːs/

Definitions

菟

Used in 菟葵.
Used in 菟裘.
Used in 菟絲／菟丝 (tùsī) and 菟絲子／菟丝子 (tùsīzǐ).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (Schuessler, 2007). Cognate with 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tú (tu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tú
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²
  - Yale: tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
  - Palladius: ту (tu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tou⁴
  - Yale: tòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: /duo/

Rime
Character	菟
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	同都切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duo/
Pan Wuyun	/duo/
Shao Rongfen	/do/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɔ/
Li Rong	/do/
Wang Li	/du/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*daː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	菟
Reading #	2/2
No.	12511
Phonetic component	兔
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徒
Old Chinese	/*daː/

Definitions

菟

Only used in 於菟 (wūtú).

References

“菟”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

菟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

dodder

Readings

Go-on: つ (tsu); ず (zu)^{←づ (du, historical)}
Kan-on: と (to)
Kun: うさぎ (usagi, 菟)
Nanori: う (u)

Compounds

Derived terms

菟裘(ときゅう) (tokyū)
菟糸子(としし) (toshishi)
菟道(とどう) (todō)
於菟(おと) (oto)
菟砥(うと)川(かわ) (Utokawa)
菟(う)原(はら) (Uhara)
菟(う)本(もと) (Umoto)
菟田(うた) (Uta), 菟田(うだ) (Uda)
菟葵(イソギンチャク) (isoginchaku)
木菟(つく) (tsuku), 木菟(ずく) (zuku)
木菟(ミミズク) (mimizuku)

Korean

Hanja

菟 • (do) (hangeul 도, revised do, McCune–Reischauer to, Yale to)

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