Wiktionary

虎

See also: 乕
虎 U+864E, 虎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-864E
← 虍
[U+864D] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 虏 →
[U+864F]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

虎 (radical 141, 虍+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心竹弓 (YPHN) or 卜心竹山 (YPHU), four-corner 21217, composition ⿸虍儿(JKT) or ⿸虍几(GV))

Derived charactersEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 1073, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32675
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 23
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2819, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+864E

ChineseEdit

 
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Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 虎
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script
             
Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唬 *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲 *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇 *qʰra
隵 *qʰra
嚱 *qʰras
盧 *b·raː
鑪 *raː
壚 *raː
籚 *raː
蘆 *raː, *ra
顱 *b·raː
髗 *b·raː
鱸 *raː
攎 *raː
櫨 *raː
轤 *raː
黸 *raː
獹 *raː
鸕 *raː
艫 *raː
纑 *raː
瀘 *raː
瓐 *raː
爐 *raː
嚧 *raː
矑 *b·raː
罏 *raː
蠦 *raː
虜 *raːʔ
擄 *raːʔ
艣 *raːʔ
鐪 *raːʔ
虖 *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍 *qʰaː
雐 *qʰʷlaː
虎 *qʰlaːʔ
琥 *qʰlaːʔ
萀 *qʰlaːʔ
臚 *b·ra
廬 *ra
驢 *b·ra
藘 *ra
爈 *ra, *ras
櫖 *ra, *ras
儢 *raʔ
慮 *ras
勴 *ras
鑢 *ras
濾 *ras
攄 *r̥ʰa
處 *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦 *kas, *ɡa
據 *kas
鐻 *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽 *kas, *ɡas
虛 *kʰa, *qʰa
墟 *kʰa
懅 *ɡa
蘧 *ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧 *ɡa
醵 *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩 *ɡa
虡 *ɡaʔ
遽 *ɡas
勮 *ɡas
嘘
驉 *qʰa
歔 *qʰa
魖 *qʰa
膚 *pla
虧 *kʰʷral
噱 *ɡaɡ
臄 *ɡaɡ
劇 *ɡaɡ
諕 *qʰʷraːɡ

Pictogram (象形). 虍 represents the tiger's head. The torso has disappeared and the legs and the tail have transformed into 人 in the small seal script and later 儿 in the clerical script.

Etymology 1Edit

trad. 虎
simp. # 虎
alternative forms
 
乕
𢁺
𠂰
𧆞
𠪳
𢋪
𪋕
𧇂
虝
𪊖
俿
 
A tiger.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“tiger”). Cognate with 菟 (OC *daː) in 於菟 (OC *qa daː, “tiger”).

PronunciationEdit

Rime
Character 虎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 呼古切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/huoX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/huoX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xoX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɔX/
Li
Rong 		/xoX/
Wang
Li 		/xuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hǔ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 虎
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		hǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xuX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰˁraʔ/ (W dialect: *qˁʰr- >r̥ˁ- > x-)
English tiger

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 虎
Reading # 1/1
No. 5230
Phonetic
component 		虍
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		虎
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰlaːʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

虎

  1. tiger
    老虎  ―  lǎohǔ  ―  tiger
  2. (figuratively) brave; fierce
  3. A surname​.
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 老虎 (“tiger”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 虎, 李父, 李耳, 於菟, 伯都
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 虎, 老虎
Taxonomic name 虎
Mandarin Beijing 老虎
Taiwan 老虎
Harbin 老虎, 老虎媽子
Shenyang 老虎
Hailar 老虎, 山中王
Ulanhot 老虎, 山中王
Tongliao 老虎
Chifeng 老虎
Bayanhot 老虎
Jinan 老虎
Muping 老虎
Luoyang 老虎
Wanrong 老虎
Xi'an 老虎
Zhengzhou 老虎
Xining 老虎
Xuzhou 老虎
Yinchuan 老虎
Lanzhou 老虎
Ürümqi 老虎
Wuhan 老虎
Huanggang 老虎
Chengdu 老虎, 大貓兒, 貓貓
Guiyang 老虎
Guilin 老虎
Liuzhou 老虎
Kunming 老虎
Yangzhou 老虎
Nanjing 老虎
Hefei 老虎
Malaysia 老虎
Singapore 老虎
Cantonese Guangzhou 老虎
Hong Kong 老虎
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 老虎
Foshan 老虎
Shunde 老虎
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 老虎
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 老虎
Taishan 老虎
Kaiping (Chikan) 老虎
Dongguan 老虎
Shaoguan 老虎
Yunfu 老虎
Yangjiang 大蟲, 大貓, 老虎
Xinyi 老虎
Lianjiang 老虎
Nanning 老虎
Wuzhou 老虎, 大蟲
Yulin 老虎, 大蟲
Hepu 老虎, 大蟲
Danzhou 老虎
Kuala Lumpur 老虎
Singapore 老虎
Ho Chi Minh City 老虎
Gan Nanchang 老虎
Lichuan 老虎
Pingxiang 老虎
Hakka Meixian 老虎
Luchuan 大蟲
Yudu 老虎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老虎
Liudui (S. Sixian) 老虎
Hsinchu (Hailu) 老虎
Dongshi (Dabu) 老虎
Hsinchu (Raoping) 老虎
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 虎, 老虎
Hong Kong 老虎
Senai 老虎
Singkawang 老虎
Huizhou Jixi 老虎
Fuliang 老虎
Jin Taiyuan 老虎
Pingyao 老虎
Xinzhou 老虎
Baochang 老虎
Jining 老虎
Hohhot 老虎
Baotou 老虎
Dongsheng 老虎
Linhe 老虎
Haibowan 老虎
Min Bei Jian'ou 老虎
Min Dong Fuzhou 老虎
Fuqing 老虎
Matsu 老虎
Min Nan Xiamen 虎
Quanzhou 虎
Zhangzhou 虎
Taipei 虎
Kaohsiung 虎
Tainan 虎
Taichung 虎
Wuqi 虎
Hsinchu 虎
Taitung 虎
Lukang 虎
Sanxia 虎
Yilan 虎
Kinmen 虎
Magong 虎
Penang (Hokkien) 老虎
Singapore (Hokkien) 虎, 虎仔, 老虎, 伯公馬 dated
Philippines (Manila Hokkien) 虎
Pingnan (Shangdu) 虎
Chaozhou 老虎
Haifeng 老虎
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 老虎
Wenchang 老虎
Haikou 虎
Leizhou 虎
Puxian Min Putian 老虎
Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 老虎
Guilin (Dahe) 老虎
Shehua Fu'an 老虎
Fuding 老虎
Luoyuan 老虎
Sanming 老虎
Shunchang 老虎
Hua'an 老虎
Guixi 老虎
Cangnan 老虎
Jingning 老虎
Lishui 老虎
Longyou 老虎
Chaozhou 老虎
Fengshun 老虎
Wu Shanghai 老虎
Suzhou 老虎
Wuxi 老虎
Hangzhou 老虎
Wenzhou 老虎, 大貓
Chongming 老虎
Danyang 老虎
Jinhua 老虎
Ningbo 老虎
Xiang Changsha 老虎, 老蟲, 大蟲, 大貓, 爬山子
Shuangfeng 老蟲, 山貓兒
Loudi 老蟲, 山貓子
Quanzhou 老虎

CompoundsEdit

Derived terms from 虎

Etymology 2Edit

trad. 虎
simp. # 虎

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

虎

  1. Only used in 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu).

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

trad. 虎
simp. # 虎

PronunciationEdit

DefinitionsEdit

虎

  1. Only used in 虎不拉 (hùbulǎ).

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

虎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. tiger

ReadingsEdit

EtymologyEdit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
虎
とら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

虎(とら) • (tora) 

  1. a tiger (The mammal Panthera tigris)

Usage notesEdit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as トラ.

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

虎 (eumhun 범 호 (beom ho))

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

虎 (hổ)

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