囚
qiú
#2,589 most
frequent character
prisoner
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
囚 is a picture of a person 人 inside an enclosure 囗. It first meant to lock someone up or put them in prison. From that grew the meaning prisoner or convict.
Drawn as: person inside cell
囚 as a component in other characters
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