狱

See also: 獄

狱 U+72F1, 狱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72F1 ← 狰 [U+72F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 狲 → [U+72F2]

Translingual

Han character

狱 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹戈女大 (KHIVK), composition ⿲犭讠犬)

Derived characters

• 𬸚

Related characters

• 獄 (Traditional form of 狱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1346, character 7
• Unihan data for U+72F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 獄 (言 → 讠).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 狱 – see 獄 (“prison; lawsuit; case”). (This character, 狱, is the simplified form of 獄.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.