菟

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 莵

Pronunciation

Pinyin: tù, tú
Cantonese: tou3
JapaneseKun: USAGI
JapaneseOn: TO TSU ZU
Korean: TO
Vietnamese: tho

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dodder; creeper

CE-Dict: dodder (Cuscuta sinensis, a parasitic vine with seeds having medicinal uses)/also called 菟絲子|菟丝子

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a dodder

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】菟
【唐韻】湯故切，音兔。【玉篇】菟絲，草名。【山海經註】菟丘，菟絲也。　又【爾雅·釋草】蔩，菟瓜。【註】菟瓜似土瓜。　又【本草】菟葵，苗如石龍芮而葉光澤，花白似梅。　又【急就篇註】伏苓一名伏菟。　又與兔通。【楚辭·天問】厥利惟何，而顧菟在腹。【前漢·賈山傳】上覆飛鳥，下不見伏菟。　又【集韻】同都切，音徒。楚人謂虎爲於菟。　又【韻會】飛菟，神馬名。　又【左傳·隱十一年】使營菟裘，吾將老焉。【註】菟裘，在泰山梁父縣南，魯邑也。【前漢·地理志】𤣥菟郡。　又【潛夫論】菟裘，嬴姓也。

Han-De-Dict: schlottern (u.E.)