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Kanji Detail for 虜 - "captive, captivate, slave"

虜

  • Meaning

    虜 means "captive, captivate, slave."

    1. Captive - A prisoner of war.

    2. Slave - One held in bondage.

    3. Captivate - To charm; to fascinate.

  • Words using 虜

    • 捕虜 ほりょ Listen prisoner (of war); POW; captive

  • Tattoo check: 虜

    • Verified meaning: captive, captivate, slave
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    captive; barbarian; low epithet for the enemy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to capture, imprison, seize; a prison

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    prisoner; to capture, to imprison, to sieze

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Enemy captured in battle. Those captured alive are called 虜. Those beheaded are called 獲. Therefore also used as a term of abuse. Such as 胡虜 (barbarian captives), 索虜.

  • Onyomi

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    ro(ロ) ロ

    ryo(リョ) リョ

  • Kunyomi

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    toriko(とりこ) とりこ

    toriku(とりく) とりく

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    虍 (torakammuri・toragashira・tora)

  • Related Keywords

    captive slave captivate barbarian subordinate bondage captivity charm confinement detainee fascinate hostage imprisonment incarceration prisoner restraint subjugation war

Sentences including 虜

  • I was fascinated with him.

  • He was held in captivity.

More kanji with the radical 虍 (torakammuri・toragashira・tora)

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