獄

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character 6.1.1 Readings 6.1.2 References

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

"words" (言) stand between two dogs to keep them from biting each other.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

獄 (Yale yuk6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

獄 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

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[edit] Vietnamese

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獄 (ngục)

[edit] Readings

• Nôm: ngục

[edit] 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