虍

虍 U+864D, 虍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-864D ← 虌 [U+864C] CJK Unified Ideographs 虎 → [U+864E]

⾌ U+2F8C, ⾌ KANGXI RADICAL TIGER ← ⾋ [U+2F8B] Kangxi Radicals ⾍ → [U+2F8D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

虍 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜心 (YP), four-corner 2121₄, composition ⿸⿱⺊⿱乛丿七)

1. Kangxi radical #141, ⾌.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/虍
• 𩲼, 豦, 雐, 慮, 膚, 鬳, 獻, 盧, 𡢢, 䱷(䲣)

References

• KangXi: page 1073, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32674
• Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2819, character 1
• Unihan data for U+864D

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Chinese

trad.		虍
simp. #		虍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虍
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
唬	*qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲	*qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇	*qʰra
隵	*qʰra
嚱	*qʰras
盧	*b·raː
鑪	*raː
壚	*raː
籚	*raː
蘆	*raː, *ra
顱	*b·raː
髗	*b·raː
鱸	*raː
攎	*raː
櫨	*raː
轤	*raː
黸	*raː
獹	*raː
鸕	*raː
艫	*raː
纑	*raː
瀘	*raː
瓐	*raː
爐	*raː
嚧	*raː
矑	*b·raː
罏	*raː
蠦	*raː
虜	*raːʔ
擄	*raːʔ
艣	*raːʔ
鐪	*raːʔ
虖	*qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍	*qʰaː
雐	*qʰʷlaː
虎	*qʰlaːʔ
琥	*qʰlaːʔ
萀	*qʰlaːʔ
臚	*b·ra
廬	*ra
驢	*b·ra
藘	*ra
爈	*ra, *ras
櫖	*ra, *ras
儢	*raʔ
慮	*ras
勴	*ras
鑢	*ras
濾	*ras
攄	*r̥ʰa
處	*kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦	*kas, *ɡa
據	*kas
鐻	*kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽	*kas, *ɡas
虛	*kʰa, *qʰa
墟	*kʰa
懅	*ɡa
蘧	*ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧	*ɡa
醵	*ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩	*ɡa
虡	*ɡaʔ
遽	*ɡas
勮	*ɡas
噓	*qʰa, *qʰas
驉	*qʰa
歔	*qʰa
魖	*qʰa
膚	*pla
虧	*kʰʷral
噱	*ɡaɡ
臄	*ɡaɡ
劇	*ɡaɡ
諕	*qʰʷraːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – tiger's head. Compare 虎 which includes the body.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hū (hu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹, fu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): ho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): houn¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: hū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hu
    • Wade–Giles: hu1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹, fu²
    • Yale: fū, fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹, fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹, fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵/, /fuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fu
    • Hakka Romanization System: fu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fu⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ho͘
    • Tâi-lô: hoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: houn¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: houⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõũ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /huo/

Rime
Character	虍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	荒烏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huo/
Pan Wuyun	/huo/
Shao Rongfen	/xo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɔ/
Li Rong	/xo/
Wang Li	/xu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰaː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	虍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hū
Middle Chinese	‹ xu ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰˁra/ (dialect *qˁʰr- >r̥ˁ- > x-)
English	tiger
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	虍
Reading #	1/1
No.	5228
Phonetic component	虍
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	呼
Old Chinese	/*qʰaː/

Definitions

虍

1. ^‡ pattern of tiger fur

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Japanese

Kanji

虍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こ (ko); く (ku)
• Kun: とらかんむり (torakanmuri)

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Korean

Hanja

虍 (eumhun 호피 무늬 호 (hopi munui ho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

虍: Hán Nôm readings: hô, hổ

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