| Kanji | 虎 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | コ |
| Kunyomi | とら |
| Nanori | たけ |
| English | tiger, drunkard |
| Examples | 虎(トラ): (1) tiger (Panthera tigris) (2) drunk person |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1653 |
| Components | 虍: tiger spots; mottled; tiger or tiger crown radical (no. 141) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) |
| Number of Strokes | 8 |
| Kanji Radical | 虍 |
| Radical Number | 141 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | とら・とらがしら・とらかんむり |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 象形 Pictographic |
| Keyword | tiger |
| Koohii Story 1 | Magic wand + first two strokes of pelt (皮) + diced + human legs. A wizard who turns people he doesn´t like into newts with his magic wand goes for variety - he has always wanted a tiger pelt - but things go awry when the tiger promptly dices and eats him, leaving only a pair of legs. (a fitting end for a wicked wizard). |
| Koohii Story 2 | Tigger, the tiger, (from Pooh stories) is happy to have found a magic wand. Using it he can bounce up to a the top of a cliff, seven times as high as some human legs could bounce. Tigger thinks "Its great to be a tiger! |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_animal, kanji_human.activities_zodiac
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