轄 Control

Radical Combination

• 車

  Car
• 宀

  Roof
• Rib Cage
• 口

  Mouth

Meaning

Primary

Control

Mnemonic

You decorate your car roof with a rib cage and mouth off at other drivers to let everyone know you control these streets. Fear is a great way to control people, after all.

Hints

Imagine how intoxicating it feels to exert total control over your neighborhood. As long as you keep acting like an unhinged lunatic, your control will surely remain unchallenged.

Readings

On’yomi

かつ

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Little do you realize that the ones who actually control your neighborhood are… the cats (かつ)! They operate in the shadows and keep a low profile, but the cats are the ones who have all the control.

Hints

Picture yourself careening around in your rib cage-adorned car, threatening other drivers as usual. Suddenly, you feel the eyes of hundreds of cats upon you. It begins to sink in: you were never in control… it was the cats all along.