虎

tiger; drunkard

8 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1653.

Readings

• とら (kun reading): 虎 (とら) tiger (Panthera tigris); 虎に翼 (とらにつばさ) making the strong even stronger
• コ (on reading): 白虎 (びゃっこ) White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); 虎口 (ここう) tiger's den
• Read as a whole word: 虎落 (もがり) bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one); 虎落笛 (もがりぶえ) winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence; 花虎魚 (はなおこぜ) sargassum fish

Components

• 虍
• 儿
• 儿 radical legs
• 匕 radical spoon
• 卜 radical divination
• 厂 radical cliff
• 虍 radical tiger

Kanji containing 虎

• 彪 spotted
• 琥 jewelled utensil
• 號 mark
• 鯱 fabulous dolphin-like fish

Words using 虎

• 虎 (とら) tiger (Panthera tigris)
• 虎に翼 (とらにつばさ) making the strong even stronger
• 大虎 (おおとら) big tiger
• 虎頭 (とらがしら) kanji "tiger" radical
• 虎の子 (とらのこ) tiger cub
• 白虎 (びゃっこ) White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)
• 虎口 (ここう) tiger's den
• 虎穴 (こけつ) lion's den
• 猛虎 (もうこ) fierce tiger
• 猛虎弁 (もうこべん) thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
• 虎落 (もがり) bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one)
• 虎落笛 (もがりぶえ) winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
• 花虎魚 (はなおこぜ) sargassum fish
• 虎子 (まる) bedpan
• 虎杖 (いたどり) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

74 words in all.

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