虏 lǔ prisoner
prisoner; to capture
怎么记住“虏”: 虍 tiger + 力 power = prisoner. Dressed as a tiger, the little girl uses all her power to pin her dad to the sofa and declares him her prisoner.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
虏 = 虍 tiger + 力 power
- 虍 tiger sound
- 力 power meaning
Dressed as a tiger, the little girl uses all her power to pin her dad to the sofa and declares him her prisoner.
How it came to be
The tiger gives the sound and the power below the meaning; the simplified form keeps only the power from the lower part of the full form.
用法
- 'Captive / to capture in war': 俘虏 (fúlǔ), which is both the verb 'to take prisoner' and the noun 'a POW/captive'.
- Wartime register; the character carries the sense of an enemy seized in battle.