虍

It is called "호피무늬 호" in Korean, which literally means "tiger stripe pattern."

According to the Shuowen Jiezi (説文解字 shuōwén jiězì), the character 虍 represents the spotted pattern of a tiger’s skin and is described as a character that imitates this pattern.

Research on ancient characters explains that the entire character 虎 depicts a tiger viewed from the side, and 虍 specifically represents the tiger’s head and front legs.

When used as a radical (semantic component), it generally conveys meanings related to tigers and typically appears in a form that encloses the top and left sides of a character.

Additionally, there are cases where it attaches in the same form as the character 虎 itself, as seen in characters like 彪 and 號.