yù
prison
Simplified form of 獄. Picture of two fighting dogs (犭, 犬) facing each other and barking (讠), depicting a legal dispute related to a crime.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 狱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
prison | ||
hell | ||
prison | ||
to break out of prison | ||
to go to jail |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.884