Keyword
tiger
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig2145
Readings
とら
(66%)
(31%)
(1%)
Composed of
tiger's head
legs
Mnemonic

Tiger's head on legs is a tiger.

Used in kanji (5 in total)
jewelled utensil
fabulous dolphin-like fish
ID number [old]
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Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
Examples (11 in total)
This is not a tiger.
He likes tigers.
You can call a cat a small tiger, and a tiger a big cat.
He attacked more savagely than a tiger.
We heard tigers roaring in the distance.
Tom likes tigers.
No wild tigers are to be found in Africa.
They succeeded in catching the tiger alive.
The lion and the tiger are two different species of cat.
It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.