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累囚 (るいしゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

累るい囚しゅう

Meanings

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noun

archaic

Archaic term for a prisoner or captive. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts or classical literature.

古こ文ぶん書しょには「累るい囚しゅうを解とき放はなつ」と記しるされている。
The ancient document records 'release the prisoners'.

Written forms

累るい囚しゅう
Archaic kanji form for 'prisoner'. The character 累 carries a sense of 'binding' or 'involvement'.
縲るい囚しゅう
Variant archaic spelling using 縲, which specifically means 'bind' or 'tie up'.
纍るい囚しゅう
Variant archaic spelling using 纍, an older form of 累.

Kanji

累accumulate, involvement, trouble
囚

captured, criminal, arrest

縲tie

纍bind, wind about, link

Similar words

囚しゅう人じん
The modern standard word for 'prisoner'. 累囚 is its archaic equivalent.
捕ほ虜りょ
Means 'prisoner of war', a specific type of captive, whereas 累囚 is a general archaic term for any prisoner.

Etymology

The exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji 累 (bind/accumulate) and 囚 (prisoner) combine to suggest a bound captive, but the word is archaic and its historical origin is not clearly documented.