獄

See also 狱

Translingual

simpl.		狱
trad.		獄

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 㹜 (“two dogs”) + 言 (“words”) (㹜 = 犭 + 犬, two forms of “dog”). A place where dogs are barking (言) at each other, a jail with guard dogs.

Han character

獄 (radical 94 犬+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜口大 (KHYRK), four-corner 4323₄)

1. prison, jail
2. case
3. lawsuit

Descendants

• 狱

See also

• 狺

References

• KangXi: page 717, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20603
• Dae Jaweon: page 1128, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1365, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7344

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Cantonese

Hanzi

獄 (simplified 狱, Yale yuk6)

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Japanese

Kanji

獄 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ごく (goku), きょく (kyoku)
• Kun: ひとや (hitoya)

Compounds

• 煉獄 (れんごく, rengoku)
• 地獄 (じごく, jigoku)

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Korean

Hanja

獄 (hangeul 옥, revised ok, McCune-Reischauer ok, Yale ok)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

獄 (simplified 狱, pinyin yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

獄 (ngục)

Readings

• Nôm: ngục

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999