狱(yù)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 獄

prison

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Character information

Pinyin
yù
Meaning
prison
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
獄

Origin & structure

Where 狱 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰犭⿰讠犬

A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

犭quǎn讠yán犬quǎn

Parts are arranged left to right.

Traditional form 獄: A guard dog 犭 talking 言 to a prisoner 犬

How to write 狱 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 狱

Common words using 狱 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

dì地yù狱
HSK 7-9

hell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka

Open 地狱 page →
jiān监yù狱
HSK 7-9

prison

Open 监狱 page →
xià下yù狱

to imprison

Open 下狱 page →
rù入yù狱

to go to jail; to be sent to prison

Open 入狱 page →
yuān冤yù狱

unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up

Open 冤狱 page →
rén人jiān间dì地yù狱

hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive

Open 人间地狱 page →
chū出yù狱

to be released from prison

Open 出狱 page →
wén文zì字yù狱

literary inquisition

Open 文字狱 page →

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 狱’s common words

地监下入冤人间出

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