狱 yù prison
prison; jail; case; lawsuit
怎么记住“狱”: 犭 dog + 讠 words + 犬 dog = prison. A guard dog growls, the thief shouts angry words, a second dog barks back, and nobody gets out of the old prison tonight.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
狱 = 犭 dog + 讠 words + 犬 dog
- 犭 dog meaning
- 讠 words meaning
- 犬 dog meaning
A guard dog growls, the thief shouts angry words, a second dog barks back, and nobody gets out of the old prison tonight.
How it came to be
The oldest form, in bronze, puts words between two dogs: dogs barking at each other, a jail kept by guard dogs.
用法
- Prison, and legal case/lawsuit: 监狱 (jiānyù) prison, 入狱 (rùyù) to be imprisoned, 越狱 (yuèyù) a jailbreak.
- 地狱 (dìyù) means hell: 人间地狱 (rénjiān-dìyù) hell on earth. 冤狱 (yuānyù) is a wrongful case/miscarriage of justice.
含“狱”的词语
例句
- 这所监狱专门关押政治犯。 Zhè suǒ jiānyù zhuānmén guānyā zhèngzhìfàn.This prison specializes in incarcerating political prisoners.