虍

hū

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Meanings

1 tiger-stripe radical (Kangxi #141)
2 indexing radical for tiger-related characters

Tips

usage

虍 is not a standalone word — it is the top-half stripe pattern of 虎 (tiger) and serves as the indexing slot for tiger-themed characters: 虎, 虑, 虚, 虐, 虔. You always see it as a cap, never on its own.

history

Modern handwriting compresses the stripes to a hat-shape over whichever component fills the body slot below.

Radical

Tiger-Stripe Kangxi #141

The tiger-stripe radical — the cap component of 虎. A pure structural slot indexing characters built on the tiger's head/pelt motif: 虎 (tiger), 虑 (consider), 虚 (empty), 虐 (cruel), 虔 (pious). Not standalone in modern Chinese; appears only at the top of compounds, where it visually flags 'something tiger-related or tiger-shaped'.

Used in

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虐 nüè

to abuse; to mistreat; to tyrannize · cruel; brutal

虚 xū

empty; void; hollow · humble; modest

虏 lǔ

to capture; to take prisoner · prisoner of war; captive (noun)

虞 yú

worry / concern (literary) · to anticipate / expect (literary)

虔 qián

pious; sincere; reverent

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虍 hū

虍

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