虎 : Tiger

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Components:

虍儿

tiger, drunkard

On 'yomi:

コ(ko)

Kun 'yomi:

とら(tora)

Nanori:

たけ(take)

Strokes:	8
Radical:	虍 (141)
Usage Rating:	1653

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	8

Unicode:	0864e
jis208:	24-55

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虎 Usage examples

虎の子(とらのこ)	treasure (as it is said that tigers treasure their young)
虎河豚(とらふぐ)	tiger globefish (poisonous fish, Takifugu rubripes)
虎狼(ころう)	wild beasts, greedy and cruel man
虎落(もがり)	bamboo fence, extortion
虎落笛(もがりぶえ)	winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence
虎髭(とらひげ) 虎鬚(とらひげ)	bristly beard or mustache
虎の尾を踏む(とらのおをふむ)	to take great risks
虎を野に放つ(とらをのにはなつ)	to let loose a tiger in the field, to let loose something dangerous
暴虎馮河(ぼうこひょうが)	foolhardy courage
竜虎の争い(りゅうこのあらそい)	well-matched contest, fight between a dragon and a tiger
御虎子(おまる) お虎子(おまる)	bedpan, chamber pot, potty
雨虎(アメフラシ)	sea hare (esp. species Aplysia kurodai)
花虎魚(はなおこぜ)	sargassum fish
前虎後狼(ぜんここうろう)	one calamity followed close on the heels of another, out of the frying pan into the fire, tiger in front, wolf in the back
羊質虎皮(ようしつこひ)	gimcrack, showy without real worth, all show and no substance
虎子(こし)	baby tiger, chamber pot, potty
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず(こけつにいらずんばこしをえず) 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず(こけつにいらずんばこしをえず)	nothing ventured, nothing gained
剣歯虎(けんしこ)	saber-toothed tiger (sabre)
虎杖(イタドリ)	Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Japanese fleeceflower, Mexican bamboo, Polygonum cuspidatum, Reynoutria japonica
シベリア虎(シベリアトラ)	Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), Amur tiger
瑠璃虎の尾(るりとらのお)	beach speedwell, Veronica Longifolia
虎列剌茸(コレラタケ)	Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)
虎列剌(コレラ)	cholera