Japanese Word Entry
狡兎三窟| Kana: | こうとさんくつ |
| Romaji: | koutosankutsu |
| Definition: | very shrewd in preparing a means of escape, being very good at escaping danger |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 狡 | cunning, sly, crafty, miserly, mean, stingy, deceitful, treacherous |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄠˇ (jiǎo), ㄐㄧㄚˇ (jiǎ), ㄒㄧㄠˋ (xiào) |
| Cantonese: | gaau2 |
| Japanese: | コウ (kou)、 キョウ (kyou) / ずる.い (zurui)、 こす.い (kosui)、 わるがしこ.い (warugashikoi)、 わるがしこ (warugashiko) |
| Korean: | 교 (gyo) |
| Vietnamese: | giảo |
| 兎 | rabbit, hare |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄊㄨˋ (tù) |
| Cantonese: | tou3 |
| Japanese: | ト (to)、 ツ (tsu) / うさぎ (usagi) |
| Korean: | 토 (to) |
| Vietnamese: | thỏ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 兔 |
| Semantic variant form: | 兔 |
| 三 | three |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄙㄢ (sān) |
| Cantonese: | saam1 |
| Japanese: | サン (san)、 ゾウ (zou) / み (mi)、 み.つ (mitsu)、 みっ.つ (mittsu)、 みたび (mitabi) |
| Korean: | 삼 (sam) |
| Vietnamese: | tam, tám |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 叁 |
| 窟 | cavern, hole, cave, cellar, underground |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄎㄨ (kū) |
| Cantonese: | fat1 |
| Japanese: | クツ (kutsu)、 コツ (kotsu) / いわや (iwaya)、 いはや (ihaya)、 あな (ana) |
| Korean: | 굴 (gul) |
| Vietnamese: | quật |