虜
captive; barbarian; low epithet for the enemy
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1678.
Readings
- リョ (on reading): 捕虜 (ほりょ) prisoner (of war); 俘虜 (ふりょ) prisoner of war
- とりこ (kun reading): 虜 (とりこ) captive
- ロ (on reading)
- とりく (kun reading)
Components
- 虍
- 男
- 力 radical power
- 匕 radical spoon
- 卜 radical divination
- 厂 radical cliff
- 田 radical rice field
- 虍 radical tiger
Words using 虜
- 捕虜 (ほりょ) prisoner (of war)
- 俘虜 (ふりょ) prisoner of war
- 虜囚 (りょしゅう) captive
- 捕虜交換 (ほりょこうかん) prisoner exchange
- 捕虜収容所 (ほりょしゅうようじょ) prisoner-of-war camp
- 虜 (とりこ) captive
11 words in all.