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虏

prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,235 U+864F

How 虏 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

力 (semantic, “strength”) + 虍 (phonetic, hū)

components: 虍 力

How to remember it

take captive · Heisig RSH #2912

虎 tiger + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 虏

WordPinyinMeaning
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