Zi:虎
虎 [hǔ] (老虎 lǎohǔ) tiger; (radical 141, 虎部) [hū] 马马虎虎 [hù] (方言) (鸟名) 虎不拉
3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹hǔ 虎 {E} n. tiger M: ge/²zhī 个/只 ◆v. ①bluff; intimidate ②deceive; cheat ◆b.f. tiger-like; brave ►hǔjiàng 虎将
►⁶hū 虎 {E} char. ►mǎmahūhū 马马虎虎
►¹⁴hù 虎 char. ►hùbulǎ 虎不拉
The character 虎 hǔ ‘tiger’ derives from very old pictographs depicting the animal with feet/claws to the left, head and gaping jaws above, and long tail below.
Note: Old forms in which the body has stripes (HDZ) obviously depict a tiger (and not some other large cat); in later ages the character became stylized and its interpretation became less clear (see below); the upper part 虍 was not originally an independent character, but just an abbrev. of 虎 (as in 虑/慮, 虏/虜); the lower part of 虎 (like 几/儿 in the modern forms) suggests a tiger rearing up on its hind legs (standing up like a man), or a man-eating tiger, but formerly represented the legs of a deer killed by the tiger.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 虎 hǔ ‘tiger’ is said to combine 虍 hǔ ‘striped tiger pelt’ (phonosemantic), with 儿(人) rén (as in 兇) representing the hind legs (upon which the tiger rears up, standing erect like a man); formerly wr. 𠪳, 𪊖, the old forms seem to depict a tiger preying upon 鹿 lù ‘deer’ (predator/prey metonymy, the tiger is defined by its kill); in the old form the lower part 比 represents the feet/legs of the deer, not the claws of the tiger, and not 从 or 儿(人) man/men (cf. 鸟, 能); the deer is caught/flayed in the claws of the tiger, and the claws are wr. 𦥑 or 勿, as in old forms of 革(𠦶) gé ‘hide/pelt/flay’.
Compare: 能(熊) néng/xióng ‘kinds of bear (animal)’, also with feet of/like a 鹿 lù ‘deer’ as component.
Compare: 瞿 jù ‘frightened prey/bird’ (for predator/prey metonymy).
Compare: 畏(𤱫𤱖) wèi ‘fear’, in which the bottom is said to be 虎 abbrev.
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.
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
►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
►components: 虍几儿
►Cantonese: fu/
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</cdl>
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</cdl>
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