Kanji
虎
N1
8 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1653
tiger, drunkard
On'yomi (音読み)
コ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
とら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
虎皮
こひ
tiger fur
虎嘯
こしょう
tiger's howling
猛虎弁
もうこべん
thick Osaka dialect (as supposedly spoken by Hanshin Tigers fans)
姫虎魚
ひめおこぜ
grey stingfish (Minous monodactylus)
虎榜
こぼう
card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations
騎虎
きこ
riding a tiger
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
虎
とら
tiger (Panthera tigris)
ベンガル虎
ベンガルとら
Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)
虎目石
とらめいし
tigereye; tiger's-eye
虎に翼
とらにつばさ
making the strong even stronger; (giving) wings to a tiger
虎ばさみ
とらばさみ
steel trap; foothold trap
スマトラ虎
スマトラとら
Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
前門の虎、後門の狼
ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみ
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire
虎鱚
とらぎす
harlequin sandsmelt (Parapercis pulchella)
花虎の尾
はなとらのお
false dragonhead (Physostegia virginiana); obedient plant
騎虎の勢い
きこのいきおい
having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on
Example sentences
彼（かれ）はトラの頭（あたま）を射抜（いぬ）いた。
He shot a tiger through the head.
彼（かれ）は虎（とら）が好（す）き。
He likes a tiger.