Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1653 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: tiger, drunkard

Kunyomi: とら

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tiger stripes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

列剌 コレラ cholera

コエキ cholera

モウコ fierce tiger, ferocious tiger, Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)

リュウコ dragon and tiger, two mighty rivals

Kunyomi Examples

とら tiger (Panthera tigris), drunkard, drunk, sot

葦毛 とらあしげ dapple gray (horse coat color), dapple grey

おおとら big tiger, drinker, staggering drunkard

ことら small tiger, light drinker, occasional drinker