囚 qiú prisoner
prisoner; convict
怎么记住“囚”: 囗 enclosure + 人 person = prisoner. Inside the enclosure of the old jail, one person in orange paces all day, the prison's very last prisoner.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
囚 = 囗 enclosure + 人 person
- 囗 enclosure meaning
- 人 person meaning
Inside the enclosure of the old jail, one person in orange paces all day, the prison's very last prisoner.
How it came to be
The small seal form shows a person shut inside an enclosure: a prisoner.
用法
- Prisoner / to imprison: 囚犯 (qiúfàn) convict, 囚禁 (qiújìn) to lock up, 死囚 (sǐqiú) a death-row inmate.
- The character pictures a person 人 boxed inside walls 囗: a handy memory aid.