囚

囚 U+56DA, 囚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56DA ← 囙 [U+56D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 四 → [U+56DB]

Translingual

Han character

囚 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田人 (WO), four-corner 6080₀, composition ⿴囗人)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4680
• Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 710, character 13
• Unihan data for U+56DA

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		囚
alternative forms		𡆢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
鮂	*ʔslu, *lju
囚	*lju
泅	*lju
苬	*lju

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 囗 (“box, enclosure”) + 人 (“person”) – an enclosed person: confinement, prisoner.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 囚

1. prisoner, convict
2. to confine, to imprison

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 囚犯 (“prisoner”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		囚
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		囚犯, 囚徒, 犯人
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	犯人
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	犯人
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	犯人
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	犯人
	Wanrong	犯人
	Xi'an	犯人
	Xining	犯人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	犯人
	Lanzhou	犯人
	Ürümqi	犯人
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	坐班房的, 坐牢的, 犯人
	Wuhan	犯人
	Guiyang	犯人
	Liuzhou	犯人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	犯人
	Yangzhou	犯人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	犯, 監犯, 監躉
	Hong Kong	監犯, 監躉, 犯
	Taishan	監犯
	Dongguan	監犯, 監躉
Gan	Nanchang	犯人
	Lichuan	犯人
	Pingxiang	犯人
Hakka	Meixian	犯人, 監犯
	Yudu	犯人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	囚犯
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	囚犯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	囚犯
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	囚犯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	囚犯
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	犯人
Huizhou	Jixi	犯人
Jin	Taiyuan	犯人, 囚犯
	Xinzhou	犯人
Northern Min	Jian'ou	犯人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	監囚, 監犯
Southern Min	Xiamen	監犯, 監囚
	Zhangzhou	監囚, 監犯
	Shantou	犯人, 監犯
	Haikou	監犯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	犯人
Wu	Shanghai	吃官司人, 犯人, 囚犯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	犯人
	Suzhou	犯人, 吃監牢個
	Hangzhou	犯人
	Ningbo	牢監犯, 犯人
	Wenzhou	犯人
	Jinhua	犯人
Xiang	Changsha	犯人
	Loudi	犯人

References

• “囚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

囚

(Jōyō kanji)

1. capture, arrest, criminal, catch

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←じゆ (zyu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: とらえる (toraeru, 囚える)^{←とらゑる (toraweru, とらゑる, historical)}、とらわれる (torawareru, 囚われる)

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Korean

Hanja

囚 • (su) (hangeul 수)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囚: Hán Nôm readings: tù

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