獄
獄 — ok
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 옥[囚舍] 옥
- Romanization
- ok
- English
- prison, jail; case; lawsuit
- Mandarin
- yù
- Japanese on'yomi
- ゴク, ギョク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ひとや
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,529 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 犬 (94, 11 residual)
- Unicode
- U+7344
How 獄 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 獄 as a ideographic compound involving 㹜, 言.
Korean example words with 獄
- 옥문獄門 Korean gloss: 감옥의 문
- 옥벽獄壁 Korean gloss: 감옥의 벽
- 옥중獄中 Korean gloss: 감옥의 안
- 하옥下獄 Korean gloss: 죄인을 옥에 가둠
- 옥고獄苦 Korean gloss: 옥살이를 하는 고생
- 안옥岸獄 Korean gloss: 죄인을 가두어 두는 곳
- 옥사獄舍 Korean gloss: 죄인을 가두어 두는 건물
- 중옥重獄 Korean gloss: 예전에, 중죄인을 가두던 감옥
- 전옥典獄 Korean gloss: 죄를 지은 사람을 가두던 옥(獄)
- 옥방獄房 Korean gloss: 교도소에서, 죄수를 가두어 두는 방
- 옥졸獄卒 Korean gloss: 옥에 갇힌 사람을 맡아 지키던 사람
- 출옥出獄 Korean gloss: 형기를 마치고 감옥에서 석방되어 나옴
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 獄
- 地獄じごく hell realm; Naraka; Hell
- 獄中ごくちゅう during imprisonment; while in jail
- 監獄かんごく prison
- 疑獄ぎごく bribery scandal; graft case
- 投獄とうごく imprisonment; incarceration
- 出獄しゅつごく release (from prison)
- 牢獄ろうごく prison; jail; gaol
- 生き地獄いきじごく hell on earth; living hell
- 獄ごく jail; gaol; prison
- 下獄げごく being sent to prison
- 刑獄けいごく jail; prison; punishment
- 獄衣ごくい prison uniform
Other hanja read “옥”
Other hanja with radical 犬
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