Chinese Character Wiki

圄

yǔ

prison

Components
囗 meaning component

囗  Meaning component

wéi

  

surround

enclosure

吾 sound component

吾  Sound component

wú

  

I, me

Evolution

圄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

圄  

yǔ

prison, jail; prison; to imprison

Most common words with 圄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

身陷囹圄

thrown into prison

囹圄

prison

圄

prison

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-qʰ<r>aʔ

ngjoX

yǔ

prison


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5456th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5704

Shuowen

“圄，守之也。从囗，吾聲。”


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