囚

囚 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田人 (WO), four-corner 6080₀, composition ⿴囗人)

• 泅 鮂(𱇠) 苬
• 𭛢 𢘄 𣧝 𪸜 𬑋 𧣕 𨥱 𨒊 𣭃 𮨃 𠧚 𠉁 𣐮 𥁕

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4680
• Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 710, character 13
• Unihan data for U+56DA

Historical forms of the character 囚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“box, enclosure”) + 人 (“person”) – an enclosed person: confinement, prisoner. Similar but unrelated to 因. Unrelated to 𥁕.

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囚

1. prisoner, convict
2. to confine, to imprison

• “囚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. capture, arrest, criminal, catch

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 囚える)^{←とらゑる (toraweru, 囚ゑる, historical)}、とらわれる (torawareru, 囚われる)

囚 • (su) (hangeul 수)

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囚: Hán Nôm readings: tù

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