虜

JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

虜 — captive, barbarian, low epithet for the enemy

JLPT N1
13 strokes
Secondary (Jōyō)
Radical 虍
#1678 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み: リョロ
Kun'yomi 訓読み: とりことりく

Example words & Vocabulary

捕虜ほりょ

prisoner (of war)

Example sentences 3

私わたしは捕虜ほりょになった。

I was captured.

彼かれは捕虜ほりょになった。

He was held in captivity.

捕虜ほりょは釈放しゃくほうされた。

The prisoners were set free.