Kanji1 / 7
兎 kanji
rabbit, hare
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
トツ
Kun readings
うさぎ
Variant forms
兔莵菟Words with 兎
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —脱兎の如く(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
- —狡兎死して走狗煮らるwhen the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
- —二兎を追う者は一兎をも獲ずif you run after two hares you will catch neither
- —始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとしhide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare