Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Criminal

Mnemonic

Inside this giant mouth is a person, trapped, because they're a criminal. They did something bad (they touched the mouth of another person without consent) and now they're in mouth jail for criminals.

Readings

On’yomi

しゅう

Kun’yomi

とら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The criminal is only wearing shoes (しゅう). They're completely naked otherwise. They have to wear shoes because the mouth jail would be too slippery for them to stand otherwise.

Found In Vocabulary