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虎
Pinyin: hǔ
English Definition: tiger; Classifiers: 只
Chinese Definition:
①哺乳动物，毛黄褐色，有黑色条纹，性凶猛，力大。骨和血及内脏均可入药(通称“老虎”)：虎口(a。喻危险境地；b。手上拇指和食指相交的地方)。虎穴(喻危险境地)。虎符(古代调兵的凭证，用铜铸成虎形，分两半)。虎狼(喻凶残的人)。虎头蛇尾。虎踞龙盘。龙腾虎跃。
②勇猛、威武：虎将。虎势。虎劲。虎威。虎虎。虎气。
③古同“唬”，威吓。
④古同“琥”，琥珀。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 虍
Ideographic: A tiger 虍 standing on a rock 几; 虍 also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • ⿸ Surround from upper left
    • 虍 [ hū ] tiger
    • 几 [ jǐ ] small table; how many; a few, some
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Example Words
老虎 lǎo hǔ tiger; Classifiers: 只
猛虎 měng hǔ fierce tiger
虎口 hǔ kǒu tiger's den; dangerous place; the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
虎视眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously
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