Chinese Character 獄 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

獄 meaning[3] in English

Prison.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and fault (訧)

Its radical[1] is: (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHYRK

How to write 獄

To writeyu4prison you should write a combination of quan3three-stroke form … , you2fault arranged in a shape:

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獄 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 獄 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of , looks as follow:

Pinyin:yu4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Prison

Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]

Pinyin:you2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Fault . Mistake

Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk

Pinyin:you2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname You

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 獄in English or Chinese