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1248/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: Junior high schoolOlder forms of this character show that it was a co

1248/2000

JLPT: N1

School Grade: Junior high school

Older 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.


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