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虎

hǔ

tiger

A tiger standing by grass
Memory picture

Character

虎 hǔ

Strokes
8
Radical
虎 — tiger
Made of
虍 tiger 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 虎在山里。 Hǔ zài shān lǐ. The tiger is in the mountains.
  • 我很怕虎。 Wǒ hěn pà hǔ. I am very afraid of tigers.
  • 那只虎很大。 Nà zhī hǔ hěn dà. That tiger is very big.

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