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captive

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingリョ、ロ

Kun readingとりこ、とりく

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

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
barbarian
low epithet for the enemy

Radicals and components

Radical虍tiger

Components

How it's built

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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

俘虜ふりょ

prisoner of war

被虜人ひりょにん

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

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

Practice Writing

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