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囚 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「囗」

道
準2High school level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「囗」
On
シュウしゅう · shū
Kun
とら.われるtora.wareru
Meaning
imprison; captive

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person inside an enclosure: someone shut in — a captive.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシュウしゅうshū囚人しゅうじん死刑囚しけいしゅう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 囚人しゅうじん

    prisoner

  • 虜囚りょしゅう

    captive; prisoner of war

More words with this kanji

  • 俘囚ふしゅう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古(ふる)い考(かんが)えに囚(とら)われてはいけない。

You should not be held captive by old ideas.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

囚人虜囚囚人person虜captiv…四four因cause団group回to tur…囲to sur…臭smell渋astrin…愁grief酬repay醜ugly
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 囗Map of reading シュウAll maps

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