虐(nvè)

HSK 7-99 strokes

(bound form) brutal

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Character information

Pinyin
nvè
Meaning
(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 虐 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸虍彐

A tiger 虍 baring its claws 彐

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

虍hū彐jì

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write 虐 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 虐

Common words using 虐 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

nvè虐dài待
HSK 7-9

to mistreat

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líng凌nvè虐

to maltreat; to tyrannize

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shòu受nvè虐

to suffer sexual abuse; masochism

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wán完nvè虐

to trounce; to convincingly defeat; to significantly outperform

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zhù助zhòu纣wéi为nvè虐

lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商纣王 in his oppression (idiom)

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xìng性nvè虐dài待

sexual abuse

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shī施nvè虐

to torment; to abuse (an animal, child etc)

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bào暴nvè虐

brutal

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From 虐’s common words

待凌受完助纣为性

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