Chinese Character Wiki
囚

qiú

prisoner

Depicts a person (人) trapped inside an enclosure (囗).

Components
囗 iconic component

囗  Iconic component

wéi

  

surround

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

囚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
囚 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
囚 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
囚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
囚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

囚  

qiú

prisoner, convict; confine; prisoner

Most common words with 囚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

囚犯

prisoner

囚

prisoner

囚禁

to imprison

囚徒

prisoner

死囚

someone on death row

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

泅

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

𥁕

Unknown component in 6 characters (0 verified)

醞 氳 膃 縕 轀 榲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə.lu

zjuw

qiú

prisoner


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 9.3064% of movies

1878th most common character in movies

2594th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+56DA

Shuowen

“囚，繫也。从人在囗中。”


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