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虜: captive, barbarian

Also: low epithet for the enemy

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

男 carries the meaning · 虍 carries meaning and sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

リョryo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 捕虜ほりょ
  • 虜囚りょしゅうcaptive; prisoner (of war)

とりこtoriko · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 虜とりこcaptive; prisoner

Also read ロ, とりく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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虍

Also built on 虍

The 虍 family reads コ (ko); 虜 is read リョ、ロ.

男

Also built on male (男)

Also read リョ

4 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ロ

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified 虏 · traditional, as in Japanese · lǔ

Japan keeps the traditional form 虜; mainland China simplifies it to 虏.

Simplified
虏 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
虜 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lǔ 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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