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枷

jiā
noun #45,506

Meanings

  1. 1 cangue (a wooden collar used to punish criminals)

Examples

古代犯人脖子上锁着沉重的木枷。
Gǔdài fànrén bózi shàng suǒ zhe chénzhòng de mù jiā.
In ancient times prisoners had a heavy wooden cangue locked around their necks.
他终于挣脱了精神上的枷锁，重新开始。
Tā zhōngyú zhèngtuō le jīngshén shàng de jiāsuǒ, chóngxīn kāishǐ.
He finally cast off his mental shackles and started over.

Tips

usage
枷 is the old wooden neck-collar used to punish criminals. The common compound 枷锁 (yoke and chains) is mostly used figuratively for any heavy constraint.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Left tree/wood radical 木. The cangue is a wooden device, so the radical names the material of 枷.
phonetic
加 jiā
to add (here phonetic)
Right side 加 supplies the sound jiā exactly, with no drift. The latent sense of "adding weight onto" fits a heavy collar placed on a prisoner.

Stroke Order

枷 jiā