囚
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prisoner
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 囗 +2
- Structure
- Enclosure 包围
- Traditional
- 囚
- Common rank
- #2,881
- Unicode
- U+56DA
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
prisoner · Heisig RSH #2089
pent in + 人 person
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 囚
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚人 | prisoner; convict | |
| 死囚 | prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death; someone on death row | |
| 系囚 | prisoner | |
| 囚衣 | prison uniform | |
| 囚室 | prison cell | |
| 囚犯 | prisoner; convict | |
| 囚禁 | to imprison; captivity | |
| 囚徒 | prisoner; convict | |
| 囚笼 | cage used to hold or transport prisoners | |
| 劫囚 | to break a prisoner out of jail | |
| 拘囚 | to imprison; prisoner | |
| 囚锢锋 | occluded front (meteorology) | |
| 锢囚锋 | occluded front (meteorology) |
Sound family
These characters use 囚 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚 sound part | prisoner, convict; to confine | |
| 泅 | to float, to swim, to wade |