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55 虜 Captive

Radical Combination

  • 虍 Tiger
  • 男 Man

Readings

On’yomi

りょ, ろ

Kun’yomi

とりく, とりこ

Nanori

None

Meaning Mnemonic

When a man meets a tiger he makes the tiger his captive. Men are pretty crappy like that. They see tigers and they want to put them in cages, so the poor tiger becomes a captive of the man.

Hints

Picture the sad tiger captive and the man laughing as he pokes at it. Tigers shouldn't be captives but when men find them they always seem to do this anyway.

Reading Mnemonic

The captive tiger is even sadder because the man put him in a robe (りょ) and is making him act like a human. Tigers look good in robes, but they don't really enjoy being forced into people clothing.

Hints

Picture the poor captive tiger being stuffed into a bathrobe and paraded around a cage for the man.

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 慮
    • りょ
    • Consider

Found In Vocabulary

  • 虜
    • とりこ
    • Captive
  • 捕虜
    • ほりょ
    • Prisoner O...
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