獄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 犬
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 狱

Pronunciation

Pinyin: yù
Cantonese: juk6
JapaneseKun: HITOYA
JapaneseOn: GOKU KYOKU
Korean: OK
Vietnamese: đong ngục

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: prison, jail; case; lawsuit

CE-Dict: prison

Soothill: Litigation, law-case; a prison; 地獄 q.v. Earth-prison, the hells.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.prison
2.[Formal] a lawsuit

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: jail; lawsuit; prison

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: jail; lawsuit; prison

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《㹜部》獄确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集下】【犬字部】獄
〔古文〕𡈭【唐韻】【正韻】魚欲切【集韻】【韻會】虞欲切，𠀤音玉。【說文】确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。【釋名】獄，确也。确實人之情僞也。【玉篇】二王始有獄。殷曰羑里，周曰囹圄。又謂之牢，又謂之圜土。【廣韻】臯陶所造。【易·賁卦】象曰：山下有火賁，君子以明庶政，无敢折獄。【書·立政】文王罔攸，兼于庶言，庶獄，庶愼。【詩·召南】誰謂女無家，何以速我獄。　又星名。【史記·天官書】獄漢星出正北，北方之野。星去地可六丈，大而赤，數動，察之中靑。

CF-Dict: prison

Han-De-Dict: Gefängnis, Strafanstalt (u.E.) (S)