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狱

獄
yù
noun #4,722

Meanings

  1. 1 prison
  2. 2 jail
  3. 3 lawsuit

Examples

他被关进了监狱。
Tā bèi guānjìnle jiānyù.
He was thrown into prison.
这个地方像地狱一样。
Zhège dìfāng xiàng dìyù yīyàng.
This place is like hell.

Tips

usage
狱 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese. It appears in compounds like 监狱 (prison), 地狱 (hell), 越狱 (to escape from prison), and 冤狱 (unjust imprisonment).

Stroke Order

狱 yù