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    3. 虎

    虎

    虎とら

    tiger

    N1KMT9Freq #1653AnimalsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    とら

    On'yomi

    コ

    Nanori

    たけ

    tigerdrunkard

    虍儿

    虍
    一
    丿
    儿

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    虐處虍虔號虚虞虜虞號饕虔虐處虚彪虍

    Concepts using this kanji

    虎

    tiger (Panthera tigris)

    虎列刺

    cholera

    人虎

    werecat

    大虎

    big tiger

    虎目石

    tigereye

    市に虎を放つ

    to let a fox into the henhouse

    市に虎あり

    people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum)

    虎口

    tiger's den

    虎の子

    tiger cub

    虎子

    bedpan

    小虎

    small tiger

    虎ノ門事件

    Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

    虎を野に放つ

    to let loose something dangerous

    両虎

    two equal rivals

    張子の虎

    papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head)

    水虎の尾

    Eusteralis yatabeana (species of plant in the mint family)

    虎海老

    tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)

    白虎

    White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens)

    虎落

    bamboo fence

    岡虎の尾

    gooseneck loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides)

    虎児

    tiger cub

    花虎の尾

    false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana)

    春虎の尾

    Polygonum tenuicaule (species of knotweed)

    竜虎の争い

    well-matched contest

    虎天牛

    wasp beetle (Cerambycidae)

    虎頭

    kanji "tiger" radical

    虎の尾

    tiger's tail

    虎の尾を踏む

    to play with fire

    前虎後狼

    one calamity followed close on the heels of another

    伊吹虎の尾

    common bistort (Persicaria bistorta)

    虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

    he has not lived that lives not after death

    花虎魚

    sargassum fish

    零余子虎の尾

    alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara)

    虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

    nothing ventured, nothing gained

    虎の巻

    book of (trade) secrets

    虎巻

    crib notes

    猛虎弁

    thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)

    養虎の患い

    rear a tiger and court disaster

    養虎の患え

    rear a tiger and court disaster

    虎を画きて狗に類す

    attempting to be something you are not

    前門の虎、後門の狼

    between the devil and the deep sea

    後門の虎、前門の狼

    between the devil and the deep sea

    虎皮

    tiger fur

    虎柄

    tiger pattern

    虎柄パンツ

    tiger-striped pants

    虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る

    out of the frying pan into the fire

    養虎

    tiger rearing

    虎穴

    lion's den

    沼虎の尾

    Lysimachia fortunei (species of loosestrife)

    騎虎の勢い

    having no choice but to carry on

    スマトラ虎

    Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

    虎ばさみ

    steel trap

    ベンガル虎

    Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

    サバ虎

    mackerel tabby (cat)

    アムール虎

    Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

    シベリア虎

    Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

    虎パン

    tiger-striped pants

    虎魚

    stingfish (Inimicus japonicus)

    竜虎

    dragon and tiger

    虎は千里往って千里還る

    a parent will do anything for their child

    猛虎

    fierce tiger

    虎豆

    tiger bean

    虎河豚

    Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes)

    虎落笛

    winter wind whistling through a bamboo fence

    剣歯虎

    saber-toothed tiger (sabre)

    虎冠

    kanji "tiger" radical

    虎に翼

    making the strong even stronger

    羊質虎皮

    sheep in a tiger's skin

    虎刈り

    unevenly cropped (hair)

    虎視眈々

    vigilantly (watching for an opportunity)

    虎疫

    cholera

    虎豹

    tigers and leopards

    虎の尾羊歯

    Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort)

    竜虎相搏つ

    a fight between equally great opponents

    姫虎魚

    grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)

    虎蛾

    Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)

    暴虎馮河

    foolhardy courage

    虎の威を借る狐

    person who swaggers about under borrowed authority

    虎狩り

    tiger hunt

    虎列剌茸

    Galerina fasciculata (poisonous mushroom)

    騎虎

    riding a tiger

    瑠璃虎の尾

    beach speedwell

    餓虎

    starving tiger

    群羊を駆って猛虎を攻む

    to group together against a stronger enemy

    虎髭

    bristly beard

    虎斑木菟

    long-eared owl (Asio otus)

    虎葦毛

    dapple gray (horse coat color)

    虎鬚を編む

    to do something foolhardy

    虎杖

    Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica)

    虎狼

    tigers and wolves

    虎斑

    tiger stripes

    虎斑蛙

    Indian bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)

    虎榜

    card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations

    虎狼痢

    cholera

    虎燕拳

    Tiger Swallow Fist

    虎嘯

    tiger's howling

    虎鶫

    White's thrush (Zoothera dauma)

    虎鱚

    harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)

    竜攘虎搏

    fierce fighting

    虎斑鮫

    zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

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    • 虎
    • 虎の巻
    • 虎燕拳
    • 虎刈り
    • 虎巻
    • 虎魚
    • 虎穴
    • 虎口
    • 虎狩り
    • 虎斑
    • 小虎
    • 大虎
    • 張子の虎
    • 猛虎
    • 竜攘虎搏
    • 両虎
    • 竜虎
    • 虎視眈々
    • 虎の子
    • 虎河豚
    • 虎狼
    • 虎落
    • 虎落笛
    • 虎髭
    • 虎の尾を踏む
    • 虎を野に放つ
    • 暴虎馮河
    • 竜虎の争い
    • 花虎魚
    • 前虎後狼
    • 羊質虎皮
    • 虎鶫
    • 虎子
    • 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず
    • 剣歯虎
    • 虎杖
    • シベリア虎
    • 瑠璃虎の尾
    • 虎列剌茸
    • 虎列刺
    • 白虎
    • 虎冠
    • 虎頭
    • 沼虎の尾
    • 岡虎の尾
    • 伊吹虎の尾
    • 春虎の尾
    • 水虎の尾
    • 虎の尾羊歯
    • 虎の尾
    • 虎ノ門事件
    • 虎児
    • 虎葦毛
    • 群羊を駆って猛虎を攻む
    • 後門の虎、前門の狼
    • 竜虎相搏つ
    • 虎斑木菟
    • 虎柄
    • 虎柄パンツ
    • 虎パン
    • 虎斑鮫
    • 虎榜
    • 市に虎あり
    • 虎の威を借る狐
    • 騎虎
    • 騎虎の勢い
    • 花虎の尾
    • 虎鱚
    • 姫虎魚
    • 猛虎弁
    • 虎嘯
    • 虎皮
    • 前門の虎、後門の狼
    • スマトラ虎
    • 虎ばさみ
    • 虎に翼
    • ベンガル虎
    • 虎目石
    • 虎斑蛙
    • 人虎
    • 零余子虎の尾
    • 虎豹
    • 虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す
    • 虎狼痢
    • 虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る
    • 虎海老
    • 餓虎
    • 養虎
    • 養虎の患い
    • 養虎の患え
    • 虎鬚を編む
    • 虎疫
    • 虎蛾
    • 市に虎を放つ
    • 虎天牛
    • サバ虎
    • 虎豆
    • 虎は千里往って千里還る
    • アムール虎
    • 虎を画きて狗に類す

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