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虎 — Tiger

JLPT N18 strokesSecondary school#1653 most used
tiger, drunkard
On’yomi (ko)
Kun’yomiとら (tora)

Stroke order (8 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 虎

WordReadingMeaning
とら
tora
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk

Study notes

虎 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1653 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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