虎 — kanji meaning “tiger”
虎
tiger, drunkard
- Meanings
- tiger, drunkard
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- とら
- Name readings
- たけ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1653 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 141
- Chinese reading
- hǔ — Chinese character page
Words with 虎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白虎 | びゃっこ byakko | White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens) |
| 猛虎 | もうこ mouko | fierce tiger; ferocious tiger |
| 虎視眈々 | こしたんたん koshitantan | vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye |
| 虎の巻 | とらのまき toranomaki | book of (trade) secrets; secrets |
| 虎の子 | とらのこ toranoko | tiger cub |
| 虎杖 | いたどり itadori | Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo |
| 虎口 | ここう kokou | tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place |
| 虎穴 | こけつ koketsu | lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; tiger's den |
| 虎列刺 | コレラ korera | cholera |
| 竜虎 | りゅうこ ryuuko | two mighty rivals; dragon and tiger |
| 虎の尾 | とらのお toranoo | tiger's tail |
| 虎毛 | とらげ torage | tiger stripes; brindle; brindled coloring |
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