囚禁

qiújìn

verb #7,391

Meanings

Both characters relate to confinement. 囚 is a pictograph of a person (人) inside an enclosure (囗) — literally a person trapped in a box.

他被囚禁了十年。

Tā bèi qiújìn le shínián.

He was imprisoned for ten years.

囚禁无辜的人是不对的。

Qiújìn wúgū de rén shì bùduì de.

It's wrong to imprison innocent people.

那个国王被囚禁在塔里。

Nàge guówáng bèi qiújìn zài tǎlǐ.

That king was imprisoned in the tower.

memory

The character 囚 is one of the most visually intuitive Chinese characters: a person (人) inside a box (囗) = prisoner.

囚 qiú

禁 jìn