tiger

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictographic depiction of a tiger in oracle-bone and seal script, showing the head, four legs, and tail of the animal.

Mnemonic: Picture a powerful tiger with four sturdy legs and a long tail, embodying strength and ferocity.

• 虍hū🔊

  stripes of a tiger

  6 strokes

• 虎hǔ🔊

  tiger

  HSK 5

  8 strokes

• 虏lǔ🔊

  prisoner of war

  8 strokes

• 虐nüè🔊

  (bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh

  9 strokes

• 虔qián🔊

  to act with reverence

  10 strokes

• 虓xiāo🔊

  roar of a tiger

  10 strokes

• 处chù🔊

  (bound form) place; locality

  HSK 4

  11 strokes

• 虚xū🔊

  emptiness

  HSK 7

  11 strokes

• 虖hū🔊

  to exhale

  11 strokes

• 虗xū🔊

  old variant of 虛|虚[xu1]

  11 strokes

• 虙fú🔊

  old variant of 伏[fu2]

  11 strokes

• 号hào🔊

  (literary) to call out; to command

  HSK 1

  13 strokes

• 虞yú🔊

  (literary) to expect; to anticipate

  13 strokes

• 虡jù🔊

  bell pendant stand

  13 strokes

• 虢Guó🔊

  surname Guo

  15 strokes

• 虣bào🔊

  cruel

  16 strokes

• 亏kuī🔊

  to lose (money); to have a deficit

  HSK 5

  17 strokes

• 虩xì🔊

  terrified

  18 strokes