Archaic term for a prisoner or captive. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts or classical literature.
The ancient document records 'release the prisoners'.
The modern standard word for 'prisoner'. 累囚 is its archaic equivalent.
Means 'prisoner of war', a specific type of captive, whereas 累囚 is a general archaic term for any prisoner.
Archaic kanji form for 'prisoner'. The character 累 carries a sense of 'binding' or 'involvement'.
Variant archaic spelling using 縲, which specifically means 'bind' or 'tie up'.
Variant archaic spelling using 纍, an older form of 累.
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.