Meaning

Captive, Barbarian, Low Epithet For The Enemy

Readings

Radical

虍 — tiger stripes (Kangxi radical #141)

Components

• 虍 (radical)
• 男 — Male

Example sentences

• 捕虜を虐殺したのは残忍な行為だ。The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
• 彼女の心は野心の虜になっていた。Her heart was dominated by ambition.
• 将軍は捕虜全員の虐殺を命じた。The general ordered the massacre of all war prisoners.

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Not used as a component of other kanji in this set.