囚
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prisoner
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,882 U+56DA
How 囚 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 人 in a cell 囗
How to remember it
prisoner · Heisig RSH #2089
pent in + 人 person
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 囚 as their sound component
These characters all use 囚 (qiú) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚 sound component | qiú | prisoner, convict; to confine |
| 泅 | qiú | to float, to swim, to wade |
Words containing 囚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚人 | qiú rén | prisoner; convict |
| 死囚 | sǐ qiú | prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row |
| 系囚 | xì qiú | prisoner |
| 囚衣 | qiú yī | prison uniform |
| 囚室 | qiú shì | prison cell |
| 囚犯 | qiú fàn | prisoner; convict |
| 囚禁 | qiú jìn | to imprison; captivity |
| 囚徒 | qiú tú | prisoner; convict |
| 囚笼 | qiú lóng | cage used to hold or transport prisoners |
| 劫囚 | jié qiú | to break a prisoner out of jail |
| 拘囚 | jū qiú | to imprison; prisoner |
| 囚锢锋 | qiú gù fēng | occluded front (meteorology) |
| 锢囚锋 | gù qiú fēng | occluded front (meteorology) |