兔 (tou3)

In celebration of the Midautumn Festival, this week’s character is 兔 (tou3), which means “rabbit” or “hare” in Chinese.

The origin of the 兔 (tou3) character is pretty straight forward…it comes from a pictogram of a rabbit!

You can see how the character evolved over time by checking out the older versions of the 兔 (tou3) character on the Uncle Hanzi website.

Follow along with our video on how to write the 兔 (tou3) character, which means “rabbit” in Chinese!

Practice writing the character 兔 (tou3) on your own! Get started by downloading our FREE printable practice worksheet:

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