What does kanji 虎 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 虎 is tiger.

How is kanji 虎 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 虎 are とら; the onyomi readings are コ.

What is the main radical of kanji 虎?

The main radical for kanji 虎 is 虍.

What words use kanji 虎?

Example words that use kanji 虎 include 虎, 虎に翼, 虎の威を借る狐, 虎の尾.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 2

虎

Meaning

Kanji 虎

tiger

tiger, drunkard

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: とら
Onyomi 音読み: コ
Nanori 名乗り: たけ

Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #1653
Strokes: 8
Radical: 虍
Components: 儿 • 匕 • 卜 • 厂 • 虍
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 111 entries that include this kanji.

虎

とら

tiger (Panthera tigris)

虎に翼

とらにつばさ

making the strong even stronger

虎の威を借る狐

とらのいをかるきつね

person who swaggers about under borrowed authority

虎の尾

とらのお

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

虎の尾羊歯

とらのおしだ

Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

虎の門事件

とらのもんじけん

Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

虎ばさみ

とらばさみ

steel trap

虎パン

とらパン

cakes or bread with a tiger pattern or face

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす

he has not lived that lives not after death

虎は千里往って千里還る

とらはせんりいってせんりかえる

a parent will do anything for their child

虎を描きて犬に類す

とらをえがきていぬにるいす

attempting to be something you are not

虎を野に放つ

とらをのにはなつ

to let loose something dangerous

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

虎は夜に活発に動く。

Tigers are active at night.

その動物園では白い虎が人気です。

The white tiger is popular at that zoo.

虎は鋭い牙を持っている。

A tiger has sharp fangs.

昔の話では、山に大きな虎がすんでいた。

In an old tale, a large tiger lived in the mountains.

彼は虎のように勇ましかった。

He was brave like a tiger.

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