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虜 = 男 + 虍
虜 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “captive”. It is built from 男 (man) and 虍 (tiger). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2146.
- Keyword
- captive
- RTK frame
- 2146
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- リョ, ロ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とりこ, とりく
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- пленник
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 虜 to capture
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 虜 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “man” + “tiger”. 虜 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 虜 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.