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CHINESE CHARACTER

hǔ

虎

虎

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tiger

Numbered pinyin
hu3
English meanings
tiger

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the upper left structure

Enclosed from the upper left arrangement: outside 虍; inside 几.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿸虍几

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    lǎo老hǔ虎hěn很xiōng凶。

    Tigers are fierce.

  2. 02

    yī一zhǐ只hǔ虎。

    A tiger.

  3. 03

    hǔ虎nián年。

    The Year of the Tiger.

  4. 04

    lǎo老hǔ虎zài在sēn森lín林。

    Tigers live in forests.

  5. 05

    hǔ虎zhǎo爪。

    A tiger's claw.

  6. 06

    bǎohù保护lǎo老hǔ虎。

    Protect tigers.

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