虜 means “captive, prisoner”

りょ · ryo

Also: barbarian, low epithet for the enemy

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とりこ, とりく

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョ, ロ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

A tiger (虍) looming over a man (男): picture a captive at his captor's mercy. 捕虜 is a prisoner of war, and read とりこ it means captivated: someone in love is 恋の虜, love's prisoner.

Used in 捕虜 (horyo, prisoner of war) and 虜 (toriko, captive/slave to)

More from Attack & Conquer

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• 撃 strike
• 討 attack
• 攻 attack
• 狙 aim at
• 闘 fight
• 衝 collide
• 奪 snatch
• 挑 challenge
• 侵 invade
• 襲 attack
• 敵 enemy

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