虏 lǔ prisoner
prisoner; to capture
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
虏 = 虍 tiger + 力 power
- 虍 tiger
- 力 power
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 is used
- '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.