1248/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: Junior high schoolOlder forms of this character show that it was a co
1248/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: Junior high schoolOlder forms of this character show that it was a combination of 虍 tiger, claw (backwards ヨ), and 几 (人) person. 虐 depicted a tiger catching/clawing a person, and came to represent “cruelty/brutality.” “Oppress” is an associated meaning. -- source link
#japanese#japanese language#learning japanese#japanese study#cruelty#oppress#tyrannize