Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
prison, jail
On:
ゴク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 獄 【ゴク】 jail, gaol, prison
  • 獄中 【ゴクチュウ】 during imprisonment, while in jail
  • 監獄 【カンゴク】 prison
  • 疑獄 【ギゴク】 bribery scandal, graft case

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • prisión
  • cárcel

Portuguese

  • prisão
  • cadeia

French

  • prison
1274 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1644 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2906 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1219 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1530 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
884 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
905 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1309 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
344 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20603 Morohashi
712 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3602 New Nelson (John Haig)
338 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
361 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1717 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2963 2001 Kanji
3g11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
4323.4 Four corner code
1-25-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7344 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
captured, criminal, arrest, catch
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 囚 【シュウ】 imprisonment, captive, prisoner
  • 囚人 【シュウジン】 prisoner, convict
  • 確定死刑囚 【カクテイシケイシュウ】 criminal condemned to death, convict on death row
  • 罪囚 【ザイシュウ】 prisoner, convict

Kun reading compounds

  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • esclavitud
  • prisión
  • cautividad
  • esclavizar
  • encarcelar

Portuguese

  • cativo
  • criminoso
  • prisão
  • pegar

French

  • capturer
  • criminel
  • arrêter
  • attraper
  • prison
1353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1024 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1538 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1258 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1717 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
336 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3776 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1027 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4680 Morohashi
3042 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
937 New Nelson (John Haig)
1018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1044 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
3s2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-28-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56da Unicode hex code