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<WL>虎 [hǔ] (老虎 lǎohǔ) tiger; (radical 141, 虎部)  [hū] 马马虎虎  [hù] 虎不拉
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<WL>虎 [hǔ] (老虎 lǎohǔ) tiger; (radical 141, 虎部)  [hū] 马马虎虎  [hù] (方言) (鸟名) 虎不拉
 
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The form on the far left is very old, from an inscription in bronze from the 商 Shāng dynasty (16th to 11th centuries B.C.). Obviously it is a picture of a tiger. But as it became distorted, people couldn’t tell what it was and interpreted it as a picture of the tiger’s stripes only. The form 虍 was then enlarged by adding feet, even though it already had feet, except that you can’t really tell where the feet are in . So the modern form is 虎, while 虍 occurs as a part of other characters such as 虑 lǜ ‘consider’, etc.
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Very old graphs associated with 虎 were pictographs (HDZ), depicting the animal with feet/claws to the left, head and gaping jaws above, and long tail below; forms in which the body has stripes obviously depicted a tiger (and not some other large cat); in later ages the character became stylized and its interpretation became less clear; the upper part 虍 was not originally an independent character, but just an abbreviation of 虎 (as in 虑/慮, 虏/虜); the lower part of 虎, written 几 in the modern form (儿 in old forms), suggests a man-eating tiger, or else a tiger rearing up on its hind legs.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 虎(􀵻) hǔ ‘tiger’ is said to combine (􀵯) hǔ ‘striped tiger pelt’ (phonosemantic), over (􁝒) representing the hind legs (upon which the tiger rears up, standing erect like a man); old forms such as 𠪳(􀵼) and 𪊖(􀵽) suggest a 鹿(􁪢) lù ‘deer’ (the tiger's prey) caught in the claws of the tiger; the claws are written 𦥑(􀝵) or 勿(􁧓), as in old writings of 革(􀞁􀞂𠦶) gé ‘hide/pelt’.
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Compare: 畏(􁣳𤱫𤱖) wèi ‘fear’, in which the bottom is said to be abbreviated.
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Compare: 王(􀁞􀁟𠙻) wáng ‘king, emperor’ (the lines of 王 are associated with the pattern of stripes on the forehead of a tiger).
 
虎 (or 虍) is the 141st of the 214 radicals.
 
虎 (or 虍) is the 141st of the 214 radicals.
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HDZ:虎  : hǔ : (甲金) 横看都象巨口利齿, 文身长尾, (篆) 则象虎蹲踞之形; (猛兽名) 猫科, 头大而圆, 前额有似王字斑纹, 利牙巨口, 体呈淡荒色或褐色, 有黑色横纹, 性凶猛, 喜欢夜行, 能游泳, 捕食野猪、鹿、獐等动物, 有时伤人; 皮毛可制褥垫和地毯, 肉可食, 骨、血可制药 (东北虎, 华南虎); 凡伤害物类之虫 (蝇虎, 蝎虎, 壁虎); (方言) 脸色陡变而露出严厉或凶恶的表情; 唬: 吓唬; (姓) • hù : (方言) (鸟名) 虎不拉
 
#rG.266.33 W.135 K.AD87,GSR57b D.4.2819.2 L.105 M.2161 KX..1073.03 B.076.1.05 WHY...51 E.1
 
#rG.266.33 W.135 K.AD87,GSR57b D.4.2819.2 L.105 M.2161 KX..1073.03 B.076.1.05 WHY...51 E.1
 
#c虍几儿
 
#c虍几儿
 
#y fu/
 
#y fu/
 
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Revision as of 22:54, 11 October 2017

[] (​虎 lǎohǔ) tiger; (radical 141, 虎​) [] ​虎虎 [] (​) (​) 虎​

3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹hǔ {E} n. tiger M: ge/²zhī 个/只v.bluff; intimidatedeceive; cheatb.f. tiger-like; brave ►hǔjiàng 虎将
⁶hū {E} char. ►mǎmahūhū 马马虎虎
¹⁴hù char. ►hùbulǎ 虎不拉

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Very old graphs associated with 虎 were pictographs (HDZ), depicting the animal with feet/claws to the left, head and gaping jaws above, and long tail below; forms in which the body has stripes obviously depicted a tiger (and not some other large cat); in later ages the character became stylized and its interpretation became less clear; the upper part ​ was not originally an independent character, but just an abbreviation of 虎 (as in ​/​, ​/​); the lower part of 虎, written ​ in the modern form (​ in old forms), suggests a man-eating tiger, or else a tiger rearing up on its hind legs.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 虎 hǔ ‘tiger’ is said to combine ​ hǔ ‘striped tiger pelt’ (phonosemantic), over ​ representing the hind legs (upon which the tiger rears up, standing erect like a man); old forms such as ​𠪳 and ​𪊖 suggest a ​鹿 lù ‘deer’ (the tiger's prey) caught in the claws of the tiger; the claws are written ​𦥑 or ​, as in old writings of ​(​𠦶) gé ‘hide/pelt’.
    Compare: ​(​𤱫𤱖) wèi ‘fear’, in which the bottom is said to be 虎 abbreviated.
    Compare: ​(​𠙻) wáng ‘king, emperor’ (the lines of ​ are associated with the pattern of stripes on the forehead of a tiger).
    虎 (or ​) is the 141st of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ:虎 : hǔ : (​) ​齿, ​, (​) ​虎​; (​) ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​, ​、​鹿、​, ​; ​, ​, ​、​ (​虎, ​虎); ​ (​虎, ​虎, ​虎); (​) ​; ​: ​; (​) • hù : (​) (​) 虎​
►references: Guǎngyùn:266.33; Wieger:135; Karlgren:AD87,GSR57b; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2819.2; Lindqvist:105; Mathews:2161; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1073.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:076.1.05; Wáng(1993):51; EDOC:1
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►Cantonese: fu/
►stroke 虎 (... strokes)   
►list characters containing 虎 as a component
►list words containing 虎 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+864E
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