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圄
yǔ
prison, jail
🔤 Pictophonetic:
囗 (enclosure) provides meaning, 吾 provides pronunciation
Words Using 圄 (4)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
囹圄
língyǔ
prison
囹圄
língyǔ
prison
圄
yǔ
prison / to imprison
圄
yǔ
prison / to imprison
草满囹圄
cǎomǎnlíngyǔ
lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
草满囹圄
cǎomǎnlíngyǔ
lit. jails overgrown with grass (idiom); fig. peaceful society
身陷囹圄
shēnxiànlíngyǔ
thrown into prison / behind bars
身陷囹圄
shēnxiànlíngyǔ
thrown into prison / behind bars
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿴囗吾
i
Component Tree i
wú
吾
I, my, our; to resist, to impede
🔤 Pictophonetic:
口 (mouth) provides meaning, 五 provides pronunciation
7 strokes
wǔ
五
five; surname
💡 Ideographic:
Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一
4 strokes
HSK 1
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes