The Japanese kanji for tiger: 虎
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The kanji for tiger: 虎
The tiger's stripes are in the character's upper strokes.
虎
- Meaning
- tiger
- Kun reading
- tora (Japanese)
- On reading
- KO (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 8
書き順Stroke order
虎 is written in 8 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白虎 | byakko | the white tiger, guardian of the west |
| 虎の巻 | tora no maki | a secret handbook, a crib sheet |
敬意Wearing it
Tiger. Safe, and in Osaka fans of the Hanshin Tigers wear it with pride.
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