囚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 囗
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiú
Cantonese: cau4
JapaneseKun: TORAERU
JapaneseOn: SHUU
Korean: SWU
Vietnamese: tù

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: prisoner, convict; confine

CE-Dict: prisoner

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to imprison
2.a prisoner; a convict

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: convict; imprison; prisoner

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: convict; imprison; prisoner

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《囗部》囚繫也。从人在囗中。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【囗字部】囚
【唐韻】似由切【集韻】【韻會】徐由切，𠀤音遒。【說文】繫也。从人，在囗中。【爾雅·釋言】拘也。【風俗通】遒也。辭窮情得，以罪誅遒也。【周禮·秋官·掌囚註】囚，拘也。主拘繫當𠛬殺者。又【掌囚】掌守盜賊。凡囚者，上罪梏拲而桎，中罪桎梏，下罪梏。【註】拲者，兩手共一木也。中罪不拲，手足各一木。下罪又去桎。　又罪人也。【禮·月令】挺重囚，益其食。【註】挺，拔出之意。重囚禁繫嚴密，故特加寬，益其食也。　又獄辭亦曰囚。【書·康誥】丕蔽要囚。【註】要囚，獄詞之要者。蔽，斷也，爲囚求生道也。　又【詩·魯頌】在泮獻囚。【註】囚，所鹵䉟者。　又叶似魚切，音徐。【王逸·九思】白龍兮見射，靈龜兮執拘。仲尼兮困阨，鄒衍兮幽囚。

CF-Dict: emprisonner/prisonnier

Han-De-Dict: Häftling (u.E.) (S)