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虎

tiger
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Meanings

  1. tigerRtK
    彼は虎が好き。He likes a tiger.tatoeba
    私は虎を狙って発砲したが、撃ち損なった。I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.tatoeba
  2. drunkard
  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
  2. drunk
  3. sot

Homonyms

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Radicals and components

Radical虍tiger
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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magic wand · augury · cliff (厂) · hook (亅) · diced (七) · seven (七) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2145

Compound words

私は虎を狙って発砲したが、撃ち損なった。
I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.tatoeba
虎次郎は、私を愛してることを明らかにしました。
Torajiro made it clear that he was in love with me.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

金色の虎が人生を諦めさせようとしてくるんだ。
きんいろのとらがじんせいをあきらめさせようとしてくるんだ。A golden tiger tries to make me give up on life.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 虎

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step