虜

JAPONCA → TR

Tanım

•prisoner, captive, slave

Etimoloji

The original character is 虜. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *raːʔ): semantic 力 (“strength”) + semantic  (“to pierce”) + phonetic 虍 (OC *qʰaː). It conveys the idea of “capturing someone alive” or “captive.” The modern commonly used character is a popular variant.