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U+514E, 兎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-514E

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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  • (Orthodox form)

Usage notes

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

References

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

Chinese

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“leporid; moon; etc.”).
(This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

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

Compounds

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
うさぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *osanki, variant of *wosanki. Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *烏斯含 (*osegam).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(うさぎ) or (ウサギ) (usagi (counter )

  1. rabbit; hare; leporid

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウサギ.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (to))

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

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: thỏ, thố

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