虜

虜 — captive, barbarian, low epithet for the enemy

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 13
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1678 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: りょ ryo

ろ ro
Kun'yomi: とりこ toriko

とりく toriku

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 虜

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

捕虜ほりょ prisoner (of war) JLPT N1