Picture of two fighting dogs (犭, 犬) facing each other and barking (言), depicting a legal dispute related to a crime.
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Traditional (獄)
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Historical Evolution
獄
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
獄
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
獄
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
獄
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
獄
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
獄
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
狱 / 獄 [yù]
prison
Japanese
jail; gaol; prison (囚獄 is gikun)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
獄 だけ
Dake surname
CHINESE WORDS (29)
监狱 [jiānyù] #685
prison
地狱 [dìyù] #1,427
hell
越狱 [yuèyù] #5,720
to break out of prison
入狱 [rùyù] #6,591
to go to jail
出狱 [chūyù] #5,424
to be released from prison
炼狱 [liànyù] #12,347
purgatory
牢狱 [láoyù] #10,506
prison
人间地狱 [rénjiāndìyù] #24,837
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
狱卒 [yùzú] #26,615
jailer (old)
锒铛入狱 [lángdāngrùyù] #27,680
lit. to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (87)
⭐ 地獄 [じごく] #2,059
hell realm
牢獄 [ろうごく] #10,342
prison
⭐ 監獄 [かんごく] #16,333
prison
獄 [ごく] #19,660
jail
脱獄 [だつごく] #20,752
escaping from prison
投獄 [とうごく] #21,367
imprisonment
煉獄 [れんごく] #22,527
purgatory
地獄絵図 [じごくえず] #25,572
painting of a scene in Hell
地獄に落ちる [じごくにおちる] #27,212
to go to hell
地獄を見る [じごくをみる] #34,441
to live through hell
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