The kanji 虎: meaning, readings and stroke order

虎

Meaning: tiger
On reading: コ ko
Kun reading: とら tora
Strokes: 8
Radical: 虍 tiger, tiger stripes
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con hổ (hổ)
Japanese: とら。
Korean: 호랑이 (호)
Chinese: 老虎

Readings, words and example sentences

コ ko · on reading · less common

虎こ口こう
tiger's mouth (a very dangerous place)
虎こ口こうをのがれました。
He escaped from great danger.

とら tora · kun reading

虎とら
tiger
動物園で 虎とらを見ました。
I saw a tiger at the zoo.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.