hū
tiger
虍 is a component form of 虎. Depicts the head of a tiger.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
hū
tiger; KangXi radical 141; stripes of a tiger; "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰˤra (dialect *qˤʰr- >r̥ˤ- > x-) | xu | hū | tiger |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+864D |
Shuowen | “虍，虎文也。象形。” |
Sources
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