William A note from the Kumamoto International Desk of Kanji At Which Even Native Japanese Through Hands: This is the year of the tiger. One would think it would simply be rendered 虎、but we aren’t so lucky. A kanji often used is lifted from the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten of around 1005-07 AD: “寅,” pronounced the same, “tora.” Impress your friends with this knowledge. https://japanknowledge.com/articles/blognihongo/entry.html?entryid=491