Chinese Character 虏 Meanings and components.

Form

虏

Meaning

虏 meaning[3] in English

Prisoner Of War.

To Capture.

To Take Prisoner.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 虏 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are stripes of a … (虍) , and surname Li (力)

Its radical[1] is: 虍 (hu1) which means: Stripes Of A Tiger, 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141), .虍hu1stripes of …

In cangjie it is written with YPKS

How to write 虏

To write虏lu3prisoner of … you should write a combination of 虍hu1stripes of … , 力li4surname Li arranged in a 吕 shape:

虍 + 力 = 虏

虏 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 虏 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 虏, looks as follow:

虏
Pinyin:lu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Prisoner Of War . To Capture . To Take Prisoner . (Old) Northern Barbarian . Slave
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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