yù
prison
Picture of two fighting dogs (犭, 犬) facing each other and barking (言), 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)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 獄
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
prison | ||
hell | ||
prison | ||
to break out of prison | ||
to go to jail |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.884