Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1678 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: captive, barbarian, low epithet for the enemy

Kunyomi: とりこ とりく

Onyomi: リョ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tiger stripes

Examples

Onyomi Examples

リョ captive, prisoner, foreigner, barbarian, slave

リョシュウ captive, prisoner

コリョ northern barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China, foreigner, barbarian tribe

墨黠 ボクカツリョ late Edo-period pejorative for Americans

Kunyomi Examples

とりこ captive, prisoner, victim (of love, etc.), slave (to one's lust, etc.)