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虐 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「虍」

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3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「虍」
On
ギャクぎゃく · gyaku
Kun
しいた.げるshiita.geru
Meaning
tyrannize; oppress

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

虍 "tiger" with 爪 "claw": a tiger pinning with its claws — to tyrannize.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onギャクぎゃくgyaku虐待ぎゃくたい虐殺ぎゃくさつ残虐ざんぎゃく
Kunしいたげるshiitageru虐げるしいたげる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 虐待ぎゃくたい

    abuse; maltreatment

  • 残虐ざんぎゃく

    brutality

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

動物(どうぶつ)の虐待(ぎゃくたい)は許(ゆる)されない。

Cruelty to animals is not permitted.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

虐待残虐虐待to wai…残remain虚empty虎tiger虒a lege…虔revere…虜captiv…逆revers…瘧ague謔to jes…繳to han…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 虍Map of reading ギャクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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