captured, criminal, arrest, catch
囚 centers on confinement and loss of freedom: a person who is captured, arrested, or caught, often implying a criminal or prisoner.
囚 combines 囗 (enclosure) with 人 (person), depicting a person confined within walls, which directly gives the meaning of a prisoner or captive.
A person 人 is trapped inside a box 囗, like a prisoner in a cell. This is the kanji for being captured or arrested.
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.
captivity; imprisonment
prisoner; convict
imprisonment
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended
female prisoner; female convict
captive; prisoner (of war)
Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BCE-539 BCE)
prisoner (of war); captive
discharged prisoner; ex-convict
prejudiced opinion; conventional ideas
captive; prisoner
prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
prison labor; prison labour; forced labor; forced labour
prison uniform
prison labor; prison labour
prisoner; convict
prison uniform
imprisonment
captivity
political prisoner