biāo

tiger

A tiger's  stripes 

Components
虎 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tiger

彡 meaning component

  Meaning component

shān

  

hair

Evolution

彪 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
彪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
彪 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
彪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

biāo

tiger; tiger stripes; tiger-like; tiger cub; (old) classifier for troops

Most common words with 彪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

tiger cub

林彪

Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution

彪悍

tough as nails

彪形大汉

burly chap

彪炳

shining