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虜

captive
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingリョ、ロ
Kun readingとりこ、とりく
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. captiveRtK
    彼は捕虜になった。He was held in captivity.tatoeba
    私は捕虜になった。I was captured.tatoeba
  2. barbarian
  3. low epithet for the enemy
  1. prisoner
  2. foreigner
  3. slave

Radicals and components

Radical虍tiger
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tiger · male · rice field (田) · brains · power (力) · muscle (力) · arnold

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2146

Compound words

捕虜収容所ほりょしゅうようじょ
prisoner-of-war camp
捕虜ほりょ
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
軍虜ぐんりょ
prisoner (of war)
胡虜こりょ
northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
虜囚りょしゅう
captive
俘虜ふりょ
prisoner of war
被虜人ひりょにん
slave
捕虜交換ほりょこうかん
prisoner exchange
俘虜収容所ふりょしゅうようじょ
prisoner-of-war camp

Additional Examples

将軍は捕虜全員の虐殺を命じた。
The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.tatoeba
私は捕虜になった。
I was captured.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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