虎 — Chinese character
虎
hǔ
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Radical
- 141 ⾌ (Tiger)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 虍 几
- Formation
- ideographic — A tiger 虍 standing on a rock 几; 虍 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 虎 as a kanji
Common words with 虎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老虎 | lǎo hǔ | tiger; 只 (zhī) |
| 猛虎 | měng hǔ | fierce tiger |
| 马虎 (馬虎) | mǎ hu | careless; sloppy |
| 龙虎 (龍虎) | lóng hǔ | outstanding people; water and fire (in Daoist writing) |
| 虎牙 | hǔ yá | (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth) |
| 壁虎 | bì hǔ | gecko; house lizard |
| 纸老虎 (紙老虎) | zhǐ lǎo hǔ | paper tiger |
| 虎视眈眈 (虎視眈眈) | hǔ shì dān dān | (lit.) to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom); (fig.) to eye covetously |
| 老虎机 (老虎機) | lǎo hǔ jī | slot machine |
| 东北虎 (東北虎) | dōng běi hǔ | Siberian tiger; Amur tiger |
| 卧虎藏龙 (臥虎藏龍) | wò hǔ cáng lóng | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom); fig. talented individuals in hiding |
| 虎年 | hǔ nián | Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) |
English words written with 虎
虎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 3 · I Ching 5 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 50
- Analects 7.10
- Analects 12.8
- Analects 16.1
- Hexagram 10
- Hexagram 27
- Hexagram 49
- Mencius 3A.3
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