虎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

tiger, drunkard

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • とらJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • たけ
Other languages
  • 拼音hu3
  • 한글ho
  • Hán-ViệtHổ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
虍(とらがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+864E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸虍几

Words using this kanji

  • とら酔っ払い。tiger (Panthera tigris), drunkard, drunk, sot
  • 虎列刺コレラcholera
  • 虎巻とらかんcrib notes, key (to a diagram)
  • 虎魚オコゼstingfish (Inimicus japonicus), scorpion fish, stonefish
  • 虎穴こけつ虎が棲んでいる穴。転じて危険な場所。lion's den, very dangerous place or situation
  • 虎口ここう虎の口。 危険な所。危機。 親指及び人差し指各々の付け根の間。tiger's den, jaws of death, dangerous place
  • 虎斑とらふ虎の毛のような模様。tiger stripes, brindle, brindled coloring
  • 虎狼ころう欲が深くてむごいこと、または人。 恐ろしい人。tigers and wolves, cruel and greedy brute
  • 虎落もがり「もがり」を参照。bamboo fence (oft. a diagonally linked one), undebranched bamboo used as a drying frame
  • 虎髭とらひげbristly beard, bristly mustache, tiger whiskers
  • 虎鶫とらつぐみWhite's thrush (Zoothera dauma), scaly thrush
  • 虎子まる虎の子供。 (虎の姿をから取ったものが漢代から南北朝における中国で多く作られたので)便器。おまる。尿瓶。bedpan, chamber pot, potty, baby tiger
  • 虎杖いたどりJapanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), flowering bamboo
  • 虎冠とらかんむりkanji "tiger" radical
  • 虎頭とらがしらkanji "tiger" radical
  • 虎児こじ虎の子供。虎子。 得ることが難しいもの。tiger cub
  • 虎柄とらがらtiger pattern, striped (like a tiger)
  • 虎榜こぼうcard indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations
  • 虎鱚とらぎすharlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)
  • 虎嘯こしょう虎が吠えること。 英雄や豪傑などが活躍すること。tiger's howling

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(103 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-4-4
Four Corner
2121.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2m6.3
Heisig
2145
Nelson
4105