Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji

虎: tiger, drunkard

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

虍 carries the meaning · 儿 is drawn in

8 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

コko · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 虎穴こけつlion's den

とらtora · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 虎とらtiger (Panthera tigris)
  • 虎巻とらかんcrib notes; key (to a diagram)

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
虍

Also built on 虍

儿

Also built on human legs (儿)

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Also read コ

27 kanji share this on'yomiAll 27

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
虎 tiger · 儿
vs虐 tyrannize
虎 adds 儿.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · hǔ

Same form: 虎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
虎 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
虎 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin hǔ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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