Depicts a tiger (虍) attacking a person (人).
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
虐 [nüè]
oppressive; tyrannical
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (24)
虐待 [nüèdài] #3,244
to mistreat
肆虐 [sìnüè] #16,532
to wreak havoc
暴虐 [bàonüè] #32,679
brutal
助纣为虐 [zhùZhòuwéinüè] #46,098
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[ShāngZhòuwáng] in his oppression (idiom)
助纣为虐 [zhùZhòuwéinüè] #46,098
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[ShāngZhòuwáng] in his oppression (idiom)
凌虐 [língnüè] #54,068
to maltreat
受虐狂 [shòunüèkuáng] #54,749
masochism
残虐 [cánnüè] #60,060
mistreatment
残虐 [cánnüè] #60,060
mistreatment
施虐癖 [shīnüèpǐ] #72,335
sadism (fetish)
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JAPANESE WORDS (70)
⭐ 虐待 [ぎゃくたい] #12,026
abuse
⭐ 虐殺 [ぎゃくさつ] #12,861
slaughter
⭐ 虐げる [しいたげる] #14,203
to oppress
⭐ 残虐 [ざんぎゃく] #14,569
cruel
⭐ 苛める [いじめる] #15,465
to ill-treat
⭐ 暴虐 [ぼうぎゃく] #18,630
tyranny
自虐的 [じぎゃくてき] #21,715
self-torturing
自虐 [じぎゃく] #24,519
self-torture
いじめっ子 [いじめっこ] #29,914
bully
嗜虐的 [しぎゃくてき] #31,962
sadistic
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