Hanja Analyzer
囚

囚 — su

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가둘 수
Romanization
su
English
prisoner, convict; confine
Mandarin
qiú
Japanese on'yomi
シュウ, ジュ
Japanese kun'yomi
とら.われる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#2,107 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
囗 (31, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+56DA

Parts that make up 囚

  • 囗 나라 국, 에워쌀 위 둘러친 울타리에워싸인 것과 그 안
  • 人 사람 인 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이

How 囚 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 囚 as a ideographic compound involving 囗, 人.

Korean example words with 囚

  • 수의囚衣 Korean gloss: 죄수가 입는 옷
  • 재수在囚 Korean gloss: 교도소에 갇혀 있음
  • 응수應囚 Korean gloss: 마땅히 잡아 가둘 사람
  • 죄수罪囚 Korean gloss: 죄를 지어 교도소에 수감된 사람
  • 구수久囚 Korean gloss: 판결이 나지 않아 오랫동안 감옥에 갇혀 있는 살인범
  • 나수하다拿囚 Korean gloss: 죄인을 잡아 가두다
  • 착수하다捉囚 Korean gloss: 죄인을 잡아서 가두다
  • 이수하다移囚 Korean gloss: 죄수를 다른 곳으로 옮기다
  • 취수하다就囚 Korean gloss: 옥에 갇히다. 또는 실형을 받다
  • 엄수하다嚴囚 Korean gloss: 달아나지 못하도록 엄중하게 가두다
  • 죄수복罪囚服 Korean gloss: 죄수가 입는 옷
  • 유형수流刑囚 Korean gloss: 유형살이를 하는 죄인

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 囚

  • 死刑囚しけいしゅう criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
  • 囚人しゅうじん prisoner; convict
  • 囚われとらわれ captivity; imprisonment
  • 囚しゅう imprisonment; captive; prisoner
  • 女囚じょしゅう female prisoner; female convict
  • 免囚めんしゅう discharged prisoner; ex-convict
  • 幽囚ゆうしゅう imprisonment
  • 捕囚ほしゅう captivity
  • 虜囚りょしゅう captive; prisoner (of war)
  • 囚徒しゅうと prisoner; convict
  • 囚役しゅうえき prison labor; prison labour
  • 男囚だんしゅう male convict; male prisoner

Other hanja read “수”

Other hanja with radical 囗

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