Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Captive

Mnemonic

When a tiger meets a man, it becomes the man's captive. Men can be pretty mean like that. They see a tiger and they want to put it in a cage, so the poor tiger becomes the man's captive.

Readings

On’yomi

りょ, ろ

Kun’yomi

とりく, とりこ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The man takes his new tiger captive to Rio (りょ). Why Rio de Janeiro? Turns out you're allowed to keep tigers captive down in Rio.

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