虏
prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave
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How 虏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 虍 (phonetic, hū)
How to remember it
take captive · Heisig RSH #2912
虎 tiger + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 虏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒂森克虏伯 | Dì sēn Kè lǔ bó | ThyssenKrupp |
| 克虏伯 | Kè lǔ bó | Krupp |
| 亡国虏 | wáng guó lǔ | subjugated people; refugee from a destroyed country |
| 捕虏岩 | bǔ lǔ yán | xenolith (geology) |
| 虏获 | lǔ huò | capture (people) |
| 臣虏 | chén lǔ | slave |
| 驱除鞑虏 | qū chú Dá lǔ | expel the Manchu, revolutionary slogan from around 1900 |
| 俘虏 | fú lǔ | to take prisoner; a captive (usu. a prisoner of war) |
| 鞑虏 | Dá lǔ | Tartar (derogatory); also used as an insulting term for Manchus around 1900 |