獄
Information about character(s)
Radical: 犬Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14
Simplified Form: 狱
Pronunciation
Pinyin: yùCantonese: juk6
JapaneseKun: HITOYA
JapaneseOn: GOKU KYOKU
Korean: OK
Vietnamese: đong ngục
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: prison, jail; case; lawsuitCE-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)