囚
captured, criminal, arrest, catch
Readings
On'yomi
- シュウ
Kun'yomi
- とら.われる
Meaning
囚 centers on confinement and loss of freedom: a person who is captured, arrested, or caught, often implying a criminal or prisoner.
Most common words using 囚
20 of 33- 囚われとらわれ
captivity; imprisonment
- 囚人しゅうじん
prisoner; convict
- 囚しゅう
imprisonment
- 囚われるとらわれるN1
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended
- 女囚じょしゅう
female prisoner; female convict
- 虜囚りょしゅう
captive; prisoner (of war)
- 死刑囚しけいしゅう
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
- バビロン捕囚バビロンほしゅう
Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BCE-539 BCE)
- 俘囚ふしゅう
prisoner (of war); captive
- 免囚めんしゅう
discharged prisoner; ex-convict
- 囚われた考えとらわれたかんがえ
prejudiced opinion; conventional ideas
- 囚われ人とらわれびと
captive; prisoner
- 囚人のジレンマしゅうじんのジレンマ
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
- 囚人労働しゅうじんろうどう
prison labor; prison labour; forced labor; forced labour
- 囚人服しゅうじんふく
prison uniform
- 囚役しゅうえき
prison labor; prison labour
- 囚徒しゅうと
prisoner; convict
- 囚衣しゅうい
prison uniform
- 幽囚ゆうしゅう
imprisonment
- 捕囚ほしゅう
captivity
Study
Etymology
囚 combines 囗 (enclosure) with 人 (person), depicting a person confined within walls, which directly gives the meaning of a prisoner or captive.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 人 is trapped inside a box 囗, like a prisoner in a cell. This is the kanji for being captured or arrested.
Reading mnemonic
For シュウ, imagine a prisoner shouting 'Shoo!' at the guards through the bars of the cell: 'Shoo!' -> シュウ, as the captive tries to shoo them away.