# 虎

| 虎 | U+864E, &#34382; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-864E |
| ← 虍 [U+864D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 虏 → [U+864F] |
| ⻁ | U+2EC1, &#11969; CJK RADICAL TIGER |
| ← ⻀ [U+2EC0] | CJK Radicals Supplement | ⻂ → [U+2EC2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

虎 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜心竹弓 (YPHN) or 卜心竹山 (YPHU), four-corner 2121$_7$, composition ⿸虍儿(JKT) or ⿸虍几(GV))

#### Derived characters

* 號, 唬, 虢, 虣, 彪
* 虒 and derived characters (e.g. 遞)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1073, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32675
* Dae Jaweon: page 1539, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2819, character 2
* Unihan data for U+864E

## Chinese

* 虎 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 老虎 (Cantonese)
* 虎 (Classical)
* 老虎 (Gan)
* Lo-fú (Hakka)
* Lâu-hū (Eastern Min)
* Hó͘ (Southern Min)
* 虎 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 虎 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script |
| | 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). 虍 represents the tiger's head. The torso has disappeared and the legs and the tail have transformed into 人 in the small seal script and later 儿 in the clerical script.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la (“tiger”), from Proto-Austroasiatic *kla(ː)ʔ (“tiger”). Cognate with 菟 (OC *daː) in 於菟 (OC *qa daː, “tiger”). Compare Vietnamese khái ("tiger").
Hill (2019) compares it to Tibetan སྟག (stag, “tiger”); however, Zheng Zining deems that comparison "probably spurious".

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hǔ (hu$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fu$^3$ / hu$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хў (hw, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fu$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): fu$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fu$^2$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): fu$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): fu$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fú
    (Hailu, HRS): fu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): fu$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hu$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): kǔ
* Eastern Min (BUC): hū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hou$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): houn$^2$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): heu$^2$
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^5$hu / $^3$hou / $^3$hu / $^3$fu
** (Jinhua): $^3$hu
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): fu$^3$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): fu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fu$^3$ / hu$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fu / xu
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵³/, /xu⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хў (hw, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu⁵⁵/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xu⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kǔ
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰu²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hū
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Yongchun, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
*** Tâi-lô: hóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Yongchun, Taipei): /hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: houn$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóuⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /hõũ⁵²/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: heu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /hɛu³¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$hu
*** MiniDict: hu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$hu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hu³⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou, Kunshan)
*** Wugniu: $^3$hou
*** MiniDict: hou$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /həu⁵¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /xəu⁵²/
** (Northern: Jiading, Chongming, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$hu
*** MiniDict: hu$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /hu³⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /hu⁴²⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /hu⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /hu⁴³³/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /hu⁵³/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /hu³³⁵/
** (Northern: Songjiang, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^3$fu
*** MiniDict: fu$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɸu⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /fu³²⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /fu³⁵/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^3$hu
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /hu⁵³⁵/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɸu⁴¹/
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fu³³/
* Middle Chinese: xuX
Rime :
| Character | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 呼古切 |
| Baxter | xuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /huo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /huo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xo$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xo$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰˤraʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | hǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xu$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰˁraʔ/ (W 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 | 虎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5230 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虎 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlaːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

虎
* tiger (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
    老虎 ― lǎohǔ ― tiger
* (figurative) brave; fierce
* (dialectal) to show a stern or fierce look
* a surname
* (Northeastern Mandarin, derogatory) overbold; stupid

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 虎, 李父, 李耳, 於菟, 伯都 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 虎, 老虎 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 老虎, 山中王 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 老虎, 山中王 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老虎, 老虎媽子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老虎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老虎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老虎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老虎, 大貓兒, 貓貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 羅虎 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 羅虎 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大蟲, 大貓, 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 大貓 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老虎, 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 大蟲 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老虎 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老虎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老虎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老虎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 虎, 老虎 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 大蟲 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老虎 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老虎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老虎 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 老虎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老虎 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 老虎 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老虎 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 老虎 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老虎 |
| Jin | Jining | 老虎 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老虎 |
| Jin | Baotou | 老虎 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老虎 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 老虎 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 老虎 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老虎 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 虎, 著災仔 dated, euphemistic |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 虎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 虎, 虎仔, 老虎, 伯公馬 dated |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 虎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 虎, 大頭貓 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 老虎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 虎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 老虎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 老虎 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 老虎 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 老虎 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老虎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老虎 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老虎 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老虎 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 豹虎 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 黃貓虎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老虎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老虎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老虎 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老虎 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老虎 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老虎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老虎 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老虎, 大貓 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老虎 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老虎, 老蟲, 大蟲, 大貓, 爬山子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老蟲, 山貓子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老蟲, 山貓兒 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 老虎 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 老虎 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 虎 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 豹公 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 老虎 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 老虎 |

#### Compounds

* 三人成虎 (sānrénchénghǔ)
* 人中龍虎 / 人中龙虎
* 以肉餧虎 / 以肉喂虎
* 伏虎擒龍 / 伏虎擒龙
* 伏虎降龍 / 伏虎降龙
* 倒豎虎鬚 / 倒竖虎须 (dàoshùhǔxū)
* 兩虎共鬥 / 两虎共斗
* 兩虎相爭 / 两虎相争
* 兩虎相鬥 / 两虎相斗
* 劍齒虎 / 剑齿虎 (jiànchǐhǔ)
* 勢如騎虎 / 势如骑虎
* 勢成騎虎 / 势成骑虎
* 名魁虎榜
* 哮虎
* 喫虎膽 / 吃虎胆
* 坐家虎
* 壁虎 (bìhǔ)
* 大人虎變 / 大人虎变
* 大賢虎變 / 大贤虎变
* 如狼似虎 (rúlángsìhǔ)
* 如狼如虎
* 如虎傅翼
* 如虎如狼
* 如虎得翼
* 如虎添翼 (rúhǔtiānyì)
* 如虎生翼
* 如虎負嵎 / 如虎负嵎
* 官虎吏狼
* 宮鄰金虎 / 宫邻金虎
* 將門虎子 / 将门虎子
* 履虎尾
* 市虎
* 帝虎
* 幫虎吃食 / 帮虎吃食
* 引虎自衛 / 引虎自卫
* 憑河暴虎 / 凭河暴虎
* 手指虎 (shǒuzhǐhǔ)
* 打死老虎
* 打燈虎 / 打灯虎
* 打虎
* 投杼市虎
* 投畀豺虎 (tóubìcháihǔ)
* 扼虎
* 抱虎而眠
* 拒虎進狼 / 拒虎进狼
* 拔虎鬚 / 拔虎须
* 捉虎擒蛟
* 捋虎鬚 / 捋虎须
* 探虎口
* 握蛇騎虎 / 握蛇骑虎
* 撲虎兒 / 扑虎儿
* 撩虎鬚 / 撩虎须
* 擒虎拿蛟
* 擒龍縛虎 / 擒龙缚虎
* 攔路虎 / 拦路虎 (lánlùhǔ)
* 放虎歸山 / 放虎归山 (fànghǔguīshān)
* 放虎自衛 / 放虎自卫
* 文虎
* 文虎章
* 暴虎
* 暴虎馮河 / 暴虎冯河 (bàohǔ-pínghé)
* 李廣射虎 / 李广射虎
* 柙虎樊熊
* 殿上虎
* 母老虎 (mǔlǎohǔ)
* 沒牙虎兒 / 没牙虎儿
* 潑皮賴虎 / 泼皮赖虎
* 潛龍伏虎 / 潜龙伏虎
* 為虎作倀 / 为虎作伥
* 為虎傅翼 / 为虎傅翼
* 為虎添翼 / 为虎添翼
* 照貓畫虎 / 照猫画虎 (zhàomāohuàhǔ)
* 熊據虎跱 / 熊据虎跱
* 熊腰虎背
* 熊虎 (xiónghǔ)
* 熊虎之士
* 燈虎 / 灯虎
* 燕頷虎頸 / 燕颔虎颈
* 燕頷虎頭 / 燕颔虎头
* 燕頷虎鬚 / 燕颔虎须 (yànhànhǔxū)
* 爬山虎 (páshānhǔ)
* 爬牆虎 / 爬墙虎
* 狐假虎威 (hújiǎhǔwēi)
* 狐藉虎威 / 狐借虎威 (hújièhǔwēi)
* 狐虎之威
* 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn)
* 狼吞虎噬
* 狼吞虎嚥 / 狼吞虎咽 (lángtūnhǔyàn)
* 狼虎藥 / 狼虎药
* 狼虎路
* 狼飧虎嚥 / 狼飧虎咽
* 狼餐虎嚥 / 狼餐虎咽
* 猛虎 (měnghǔ)
* 猛虎步
* 玉虎
* 甘冒虎口
* 生虎子
* 生龍活虎 / 生龙活虎 (shēnglónghuóhǔ)
* 畫虎不成 / 画虎不成
* 畫虎成犬 / 画虎成犬
* 畫虎成狗 / 画虎成狗
* 畫虎類犬 / 画虎类犬 (huàhǔlèiquǎn)
* 畫虎類狗 / 画虎类狗
* 登虎榜
* 白虎 (báihǔ)
* 白虎幡
* 白虎星 (báihǔxīng)
* 白虎觀 / 白虎观
* 白虎通義 / 白虎通义
* 白虎風 / 白虎风
* 白額虎 / 白额虎
* 睡虎子
* 秋老虎 (qiūlǎohǔ)
* 笑面虎 (xiàomiànhǔ)
* 筆虎 / 笔虎
* 紙老虎 / 纸老虎 (zhǐlǎohǔ)
* 縛虎手 / 缚虎手
* 縱虎歸山 / 纵虎归山 (zònghǔguīshān)
* 繡虎 / 绣虎
* 繡虎雕龍 / 绣虎雕龙
* 羊入虎口 (yángrùhǔkǒu)
* 羊落虎口
* 羊質虎皮 / 羊质虎皮
* 美洲虎
* 老虎 (lǎohǔ)
* 老虎凳
* 老虎攤兒 / 老虎摊儿
* 老虎灶
* 老虎皮
* 老虎鉗 / 老虎钳 (lǎohǔqián)
* 胭脂虎
* 臥虎 / 卧虎
* 臥虎藏龍 / 卧虎藏龙 (wòhǔcánglóng)
* 與虎添翼 / 与虎添翼
* 與虎謀皮 / 与虎谋皮 (yǔhǔmóupí)
* 艾虎 (àihǔ)
* 菜虎子
* 藏龍臥虎 / 藏龙卧虎 (cánglóngwòhǔ)
* 虎不拉
* 虎丘
* 虎井 (Hǔjǐng)
* 虎人 (hǔrén)
* 虎倀 / 虎伥
* 虎克定律
* 虎克黨 / 虎克党
* 虎兒 / 虎儿
* 虎兕出柙
* 虎入羊群 (hǔrùyángqún)
* 虎列拉 (hǔlièlā)
* 虎刺
* 虎剌孩
* 虎勁 / 虎劲
* 虎勢 / 虎势 (hǔshì)
* 虎口 (hǔkǒu)
* 虎口拔牙
* 虎口逃生
* 虎口餘生 / 虎口余生 (hǔkǒuyúshēng)
* 虎咽狼吞
* 虎咬豬 / 虎咬猪 (hǔyǎozhū)
* 虎嘯 / 虎啸 (hǔxiào)
* 虎嘯風生 / 虎啸风生
* 虎嘯鷹揚 / 虎啸鹰扬
* 虎嘯龍吟 / 虎啸龙吟
* 虎嚇 / 虎吓
* 虎圈
* 虎士
* 虎姑婆
* 虎威 (hǔwēi)
* 虎威狐假
* 虎媽 / 虎妈 (hǔmā)
* 虎子 (hǔzǐ)
* 虎字頭 / 虎字头 (hǔzìtóu)
* 虎將 / 虎将 (hǔjiàng)
* 虎尾 (Hǔwěi)
* 虎尾春冰
* 虎帳 / 虎帐
* 虎床
* 虎急急
* 虎拜
* 虎掌
* 虎據 / 虎据
* 虎擲龍拿 / 虎掷龙拿
* 虎旅
* 虎杖 (hǔzhàng)
* 虎榜
* 虎步 (hǔbù)
* 虎步龍行 / 虎步龙行
* 虎死留皮
* 虎毒不食子 (hǔdúbùshízǐ)
* 虎渡江
* 虎爪拳
* 虎爪豆
* 虎牙 (hǔyá)
* 虎牢關 / 虎牢关 (Hǔláo Guān)
* 虎狼 (hǔláng)
* 虎狼之口
* 虎狼之國 / 虎狼之国
* 虎狼之師 / 虎狼之师 (hǔláng zhī shī)
* 虎狼之心
* 虎甲蟲 / 虎甲虫 (hǔjiǎchóng)
* 虎略龍韜 / 虎略龙韬
* 虎疫
* 虎皮
* 虎皮松
* 虎皮羊質 / 虎皮羊质
* 虎眉
* 虎眼石 (hǔyǎnshí)
* 虎睨
* 虎磕腦 / 虎磕脑
* 虎視 / 虎视 (hǔshì)
* 虎視眈眈 / 虎视眈眈 (hǔshìdāndān)
* 虎視鷹瞵 / 虎视鹰瞵
* 虎穴 (hǔxué)
* 虎穴龍潭 / 虎穴龙潭
* 虎窟
* 虎窟龍潭 / 虎窟龙潭
* 虎符 (hǔfú)
* 虎符金牌
* 虎而冠
* 虎耳草 (hǔ'ěrcǎo)
* 虎背熊腰 (hǔbèixióngyāo)
* 虎臂
* 虎臉子 / 虎脸子
* 虎臣
* 虎舅
* 虎落平原
* 虎蕩羊群 / 虎荡羊群
* 虎虎生風 / 虎虎生风 (hǔhǔshēngfēng)
* 虎彪彪
* 虎諕 / 虎𬤀
* 虎變 / 虎变
* 虎豹之文
* 虎豹豺狼 (hǔbàocháiláng)
* 虎貔
* 虎負嵎 / 虎负嵎
* 虎賁 / 虎贲 (hǔbēn)
* 虎跳
* 虎踞
* 虎踞鯨吞 / 虎踞鲸吞
* 虎踞龍盤 / 虎踞龙盘
* 虎踞龍蟠 / 虎踞龙蟠
* 虎辣八
* 虎鉗 / 虎钳 (hǔqián)
* 虎門條約 / 虎门条约
* 虎門港 / 虎门港
* 虎項金鈴 / 虎项金铃
* 虎頭 / 虎头
* 虎頭埤 / 虎头埤
* 虎頭燕頷 / 虎头燕颔
* 虎頭牌 / 虎头牌
* 虎頭蘭 / 虎头兰
* 虎頭虎腦 / 虎头虎脑
* 虎頭蛇尾 / 虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi)
* 虎頭蜂 / 虎头蜂 (hǔtóufēng)
* 虎頭鉗 / 虎头钳 (hǔtóuqián)
* 虎頭門 / 虎头门
* 虎頭關 / 虎头关
* 虎頭鞋 / 虎头鞋 (hǔtóuxié)
* 虎頭食肉 / 虎头食肉
* 虎頭鼠尾 / 虎头鼠尾
* 虎飽 / 虎饱
* 虎骨酒
* 虎體元斑 / 虎体元斑
* 虎體熊腰 / 虎体熊腰 (hǔtǐxióngyāo)
* 虎體狼腰 / 虎体狼腰 (hǔ tǐ láng yāo)
* 虎體猿臂 / 虎体猿臂 (hǔ tǐ yuán bì)
* 虎體鵷班 / 虎体鹓班
* 虎鬚 / 虎须 (hǔxū)
* 虎鬥龍爭 / 虎斗龙争
* 虎鯊 / 虎鲨
* 虎鷙 / 虎鸷
* 彪虎生翼
* 彪軀虎體 / 彪躯虎体
* 蝦虎 / 虾虎 (xiāhǔ)
* 螭虎 (chīhǔ)
* 蠅虎 / 蝇虎 (yínghǔ)
* 談虎色變 / 谈虎色变 (tánhǔsèbiàn)
* 調虎離山 / 调虎离山 (diàohǔlíshān)
* 豺狼虎豹 (cháilánghǔbào)
* 豺虎 (cháihǔ)
* 豺虎肆虐
* 貔虎
* 貙虎 / 䝙虎
* 蹈虎尾
* 身寄虎吻
* 鄭氏群虎 / 郑氏群虎
* 金牌虎符
* 銅虎符 / 铜虎符
* 阱中之虎
* 降龍伏虎 / 降龙伏虎
* 陽陵虎符 / 阳陵虎符
* 雌老虎
* 雨虎
* 雲龍風虎 / 云龙风虎
* 風虎雲龍 / 风虎云龙
* 飛虎山 / 飞虎山
* 飛虎隊 / 飞虎队 (Fēihǔduì)
* 飢虎撲食 / 饥虎扑食
* 飢鷹餓虎 / 饥鹰饿虎
* 養虎傷身 / 养虎伤身
* 養虎留患 / 养虎留患
* 養虎自齧 / 养虎自啮
* 養虎貽患 / 养虎贻患
* 養虎遺患 / 养虎遗患 (yǎnghǔyíhuàn)
* 餓虎吞羊 / 饿虎吞羊
* 餓虎撲羊 / 饿虎扑羊
* 餓虎撲食 / 饿虎扑食
* 餓虎擒羊 / 饿虎擒羊
* 餓虎飢鷹 / 饿虎饥鹰
* 馬虎子 / 马虎子
* 騎上老虎 / 骑上老虎
* 騎虎之勢 / 骑虎之势
* 騎虎難下 / 骑虎难下 (qíhǔnánxià)
* 驢蒙虎皮 / 驴蒙虎皮
* 魚虎 / 鱼虎 (yúhǔ)
* 魯魚帝虎 / 鲁鱼帝虎 (lǔyúdìhǔ)
* 鯨吞虎噬 / 鲸吞虎噬
* 鴟目虎吻 / 鸱目虎吻
* 鷹揚虎視 / 鹰扬虎视
* 龍吟虎嘯 / 龙吟虎啸
* 龍戰虎爭 / 龙战虎争
* 龍江虎浪 / 龙江虎浪
* 龍潭虎穴 / 龙潭虎穴
* 龍潭虎窟 / 龙潭虎窟
* 龍爭虎戰 / 龙争虎战
* 龍爭虎鬥 / 龙争虎斗
* 龍盤虎踞 / 龙盘虎踞 (lóngpánhǔjù)
* 龍睜虎眼 / 龙睁虎眼
* 龍虎 / 龙虎 (lónghǔ)
* 龍虎並伏 / 龙虎并伏
* 龍虎山 / 龙虎山 (Lónghǔ Shān)
* 龍虎日子 / 龙虎日子
* 龍虎榜 / 龙虎榜 (lónghǔbǎng)
* 龍虎鬥 / 龙虎斗 (lónghǔdòu)
* 龍虎鳳 / 龙虎凤 (lónghǔfèng)
* 龍蟠虎踞 / 龙蟠虎踞 (lóngpánhǔjù)
* 龍行虎步 / 龙行虎步 (lóng xíng hǔ bù)
* 龍跳虎臥 / 龙跳虎卧
* 龍蹙虎振 / 龙蹙虎振
* 龍韜虎略 / 龙韬虎略
* 龍騰虎躍 / 龙腾虎跃 (lóngténghǔyuè)
* 龍驤虎步 / 龙骧虎步 (lóngxiānghǔbù)
* 龍驤虎視 / 龙骧虎视

#### References

* ↑ Zheng Zining (undated) “The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese and Chinese. By Nathan W. HILL. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. xiv+373.” Book Review, p. 332

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǔ, hū (hu$^3$, hu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ, ㄏㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fú / fù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘ / hu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hu$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hū
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hu
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^1$
*** Yale: hū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^1$
*** Yale: fū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fú
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu³¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fù
*** Hakka Romanization System: fu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
*** Tâi-lô: hóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu
*** Tâi-lô: hu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hw
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hu$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hu
*** Sinological IPA : /hu³³/

#### Definitions

虎
* Only used in 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu).

#### Compounds

* 打馬虎 / 打马虎
* 打馬虎眼 / 打马虎眼 (dǎ mǎhuyǎn)
* 馬虎 / 马虎
* 馬虎從事 / 马虎从事
* 馬虎湯 / 马虎汤
* 馬虎眼 / 马虎眼
* 馬馬虎虎 / 马马虎虎 (mǎmǎhūhū)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hù, hǔ (hu$^4$, hu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˋ, ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hù
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hù
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^4$
*** Yale: hù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huh
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/

#### Definitions

虎
* Only used in 虎不拉 (hùbulǎ).

#### References

* “Entry #4498”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* tiger

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko, Jōyō)
* Kun: とら (tora, 虎, Jōyō)
* Nanori: とら (tora)、たけ (take)

#### Compounds

* 虎穴(こけつ) (koketsu)
* 虎口(ここう) (kokō)
* 虎視眈々(こしたんたん) (koshitantan)
* 虎児(こじ) (koji)
* 虎狼(ころう) (korō)
* 虎杖(イタドリ) (itadori)
* 虎魚(オコゼ) (okoze)
* 剣歯虎(けんしこ) (kenshiko)
* 白虎(びゃっこ) (byakko)
* 暴虎馮河(ぼうこひょうが) (bōkohyōga)
* 猛虎(もうこ) (mōko)
* 盲虎(もうこ) (mōko)
* 虎落(もがり) (mogari)
* 猟虎(ラッコ) (rakko)
* 竜虎(りゅうこ), 竜虎(りょうこ) (ryōko)
* 竜攘虎搏(りゅうじょうこはく) (ryūjōkohaku)
* 両虎(りょうこ) (ryōko)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 虎
* とら Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese to$_1$ra, from Proto-Japonic *tora.
Pellard (2013, 92) includes to$_1$ra among words with o$_1$ excepted from the /-o-/ to /-u-/ vowel-raising rule and not originating from earlier diphthongs. According to Vovin (2021, 111), West Old Japanese *to$_1$ra, instead of expected *tura, is "anomalous" and possibly "a case of a sporadic analogical development".
Vovin (2013) asserts that this word is same as a Silla place name 刀良 (/*tora/), which matches the Old Japanese phonographic spelling.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) とら [tòrá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [to̞ɾa̠]

### Noun

虎(とら) or 虎(トラ) • (tora)
* tiger, Panthera tigris

#### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as トラ.

#### Derived terms

* 寅(とら) (tora)
* 虎巻(とらかん) (torakan)
* 虎刈(とらが)り (toragari)
* 虎狩(とらが)り (toragari)
* 虎鮫(トラザメ) (torazame)
* 虎鶇(トラツグミ) (toratsugumi)
* 虎(とら)に成(な)る (tora ni naru)
* 虎猫(とらねこ) (toraneko)
* 虎(とら)の尾(お) (toranō)
* 虎髭(とらひげ) (torahige)
* 虎鬚(とらひげ) (torahige)
* 虎斑(とらふ) (torafu)
* 虎河豚(とらふぐ) (torafugu)
* 大虎(おおどら) (ōdora)
* 牡虎(おすとら) (osutora): a male tiger
* 小虎(こどら) (kodora)
* 台湾虎(たわいんとら) (tawain tora)
* 雌虎(めすとら) (mesutora): a female tiger

### Interjection

虎(とら) • (tora)
* (World War II, dated) clipping of 突撃雷撃 (totsugeki raigeki, “lightning attack”), used by Japanese soldiers to warn about an imminent attack.

#### Descendants

* → English: tora-tora

### References

* ↑ Frellesvig, Bjarke, Stephen Wright Horn, et al. (eds.) (2023) “Old Japanese twora”, in Oxford-NINJAL Corpus of Old Japanese‎
* ↑ Thomas Pellard. Ryukyuan perspectives on the proto-Japonic vowel system. Frellesvig, Bjarke; Sells, Peter. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 20, CSLI Publications, pp.81–96, 2013, 9781575866383. ffhal01289288
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 虎 (MC xuX). Recorded as Middle Korean 호〯 (hwǒ) (Yale: hwo) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 虎 (eumhun 범 호 (beom ho))
* hanja form of 호 (“tiger”)

#### Compounds

* 호구 (虎口, hogu)
* 맹호 (猛虎, maengho)
* 백호 (白虎, baekho)
* 호피 (虎皮, hopi)
* 호혈 (虎穴, hohyeol)
* 호랑이 (虎狼이, horang'i)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* tiger

#### Readings

* Kun: とぅら (tura, 虎)

### Noun

虎(とぅら) (tura)
* とぅら: tiger

## Old Japanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *tora.
Pellard (2013, 92) includes to$_1$ra among words with o$_1$ excepted from the /-o-/ to /-u-/ vowel-raising rule and not originating from earlier diphthongs. According to Vovin (2021, 111), West Old Japanese *to$_1$ra, instead of expected *tura, is "anomalous" and possibly "a case of a sporadic analogical development".
Vovin (2013) asserts that this word is same as a Silla place name 刀良 (/*tora/), which matches the Old Japanese phonographic spelling.

### Noun

虎 (to$_1$ra)
* tiger
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 2, poem 199a:吹響流小角乃音母敵見有虎可吼登諸人之恊流麻低爾PUKI$_1$NASEru KUDA no$_2$ OTO$_2$ mo ATA MI$_1$TARU TO$_1$RA ka POYURU to$_2$ MORO$_2$P1$_1$TO$_2$ NO$_2$ OBI$_1$YUru madeniI blow with the tube to sing, and the tiger howls at the enemy, to where everyone got scared.
* year of the Tiger
** Shōsōin document, text here
    [...] 次刀良〈年廿五二目盲、癈疾〉[...] 次刀良売〈年十二小女〉TUGI$_1$ to$_1$ra (TO$_2$SI PA NIPU-GO$_1$-NI ME$_2$ NO$_2$ MI$_1$YAWU, POZITI) [...] TUGI$_1$ to$_1$ra-me$_2$ (TO$_2$SI PA ZIYUNI WOME$_1$)[...] next, tora (Year 252; blind with chronical disease) [...] next, tora-me, (Year 12; young woman).

#### Reconstruction notes

This term is attested in the Man'yōshū only logographically, as 虎.
In the Shōsōin documents, the latter sense is attested phonographically, as a personal name variously called to$_1$ra and to$_1$ra-me$_2$. See also the etymology for further attestations.

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 虎 (tora)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

虎: Hán Nôm readings: hổ
* tiger

#### Compounds

* 小虎 (tiểu hổ)
* 熊虎 (hùng hổ)
* 獅虎 (sư hổ)
* 白虎 (Bạch Hổ)
* 膏虎骨 (cao hổ cốt)
* 虎父生虎子 (hổ phụ sinh hổ tử)
* 虎獅 (hổ sư)
* 調虎離山 (điệu hổ li sơn)