Memory phrase for the character: 虎

虎

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Meaning

tiger

Pronunciation

 hǔ

Explanation

 Top: tiger 虍 (pictograph: jumping tiger with protruding teeth), below: hind legs 儿

Mnemonic
 
Only a tiger on hind legs is a real tiger.

Radicals

虍 tiger
儿 legsSimplified from 兒 with the meaning 'son'. In the explanations used as 'two legs'.
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 Vocabulary

老虎 lǎo hǔ  tiger
虎口 hǔ kǒu  tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
纸老虎 zhǐ lǎo hǔ  paper tiger
虎踞龙蟠 hǔ jù lóng pán  lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
初生之犊不怕虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù pà hǔ  A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth.
蝎虎座 xiē hǔ zuò  Lacerta (constellation)
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān  to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān  

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