Chinese Character Wiki

囹

líng

prison

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

enclosure

令 sound component

令  Sound component

lìng, líng, lǐng

  

command

Evolution

囹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囹 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
囹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囹  

líng

prison, enclosure; see 囹圄[líng​yǔ]

Most common words with 囹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

身陷囹圄

thrown into prison

囹

prison

囹圄

prison

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5392nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+56F9

Shuowen

“囹，獄也。从囗，令聲。”


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