Chinese Character Wiki

虏

lǔ

to capture

Simplified form of 虜. Phonosemantic compound. 男 represents the meaning and 虍 represents the sound.

Components
力 simplified component

力  Simplified component

lì

  

power

Shorthand for the 男 component in the traditional character 虜.

虍 sound component

虍  Sound component

hū

  

tiger

虍 is a component form of 虎.

Evolution

虏 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
虏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
虏 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
虏 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
虏 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

虏 (虜) 

lǔ

to capture, imprison, seize; a prison; prisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner; (old) northern barbarian; slave

Most common words with 虏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

俘虏

captive

虏

to capture

虏获

capture (people)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

掳

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

掳

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.1464% of movies

2833rd most common character in movies

2475th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

虜

Unicode

U+864F


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