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虎
虎
See also: 乕
Translingual
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Han character
虎 (radical 141 虍+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜心竹弓 (YPHN) or 卜心竹山 (YPHU), four-corner 21217, composition ⿸虍儿)
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 1073, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32675
- Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2819, character 2
- Unihan data for U+864E
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
虎 | |
|---|---|---|
| alt. forms | 乕 | |
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“tiger”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
- Wade-Giles: hu3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
- IPA (key): /xu²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: fu2
- Yale: fú
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2
- IPA (key): /fuː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú
- Hakka Romanization System: fu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: fu3
- IPA: /fu³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
- Tâi-lô: hóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: hor
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: houn2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóuⁿ
- IPA (key): /hõũ⁵²/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hu (T2)
- IPA (key): /hv̩ʷ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 呼古切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/huoX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/huoX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/xoX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/hɔX/ |
| Li Rong |
/xoX/ |
| Wang Li |
/xuX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/xuoX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
hǔ |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
hǔ |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ xuX › |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰˤraʔ/ (W dialect: *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-) |
| English | tiger |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5230 |
| Phonetic component |
虍 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
虎 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qʰlaːʔ/ |
Definitions
虎
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
虎
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Readings
Etymology
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 虎 |
|
とら Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Noun
虎 (hiragana とら, katakana トラ, romaji tora)
Compounds
- 牡虎 (おすとら, osutora): a male tiger
- 雌虎 (めすとら, mesutora): a female tiger
- 虎燕拳 (こえんけん, koenken)
- 虎穴 (こけつ, koketsu)
- 虎口 (ここう, kokō)
- 虎視眈々 (こしたんたん, koshitantan)
- 虎狼 (ころう, korō)
- 虎魚 (おこぜ, okoze)
- 虎巻 (とらかん, torakan)
- 虎刈り (とらがり, toragari)
- 虎狩り (とらがり, toragari)
- 虎猫 (とらねこ, toraneko)
- 虎髭 (とらひげ, torahige)
- 虎鬚 (とらひげ, torahige)
- 虎斑 (とらふ, torafu)
- 虎河豚 (とらふぐ, torafugu)
- 大虎 (おおどら, ōdora)
- 小虎 (こどら, kodora)
- 暴虎馮河 (ぼうこひょうが, bōkohyōga)
- 猛虎 (もうこ, mōko)
- 虎落 (もがり, mogari)
- 虎落笛 (もがりぶえ, mogaribue)
- 竜虎 (りゅうこ, ryūko; りょうこ, ryōko)
- 竜攘虎搏 (りゅうじょうこはく, ryūjōkohaku)
- 両虎 (りょうこ, ryōko)
Derived terms
- 虎に成る (tora ni naru)
References
- ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Korean
Hanja
虎 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune-Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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