鰐 Alligator

Radical Combination

• 魚

  Fish
• 口

  Mouth
• 二

  Two
• 勹

  Prison

Meaning

Primary

Alligator

Alternative

Crocodile

Mnemonic

A fish with two mouths has the number two on it because it's in prison (that's its prison number). Who put the poor two-mouthed fish in prison? An alligator. Because alligators hate two-mouthed fish.

Hints

How the alligator wishes it had a second mouth like the fish with two mouths, prisoner number 2! It believes that with another mouth, it would be the most talked-about predator, so it imprisons the two-mouthed fish out of jealousy.

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

わに

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The reading is the same as the わに in "WaniKani." Ever heard of it?

Hints

So long as you've ever used WaniKani, you probably know the reading of the word alligator.