囚 — Chinese character
囚
qiú
prisoner, convict; to confine
- Pinyin
- qiú
- Radical
- 31 ⼞ (Enclosure)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 囗 人
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 人 in a cell 囗
- Japanese
- 囚 as a kanji
Common words with 囚
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚犯 | qiú fàn | prisoner; convict |
| 囚禁 | qiú jìn | to imprison; captivity |
| 囚徒 | qiú tú | prisoner; convict |
| 死囚 | sǐ qiú | prisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death |
| 囚室 | qiú shì | prison cell |
| 囚衣 | qiú yī | prison uniform |
| 囚笼 (囚籠) | qiú lóng | cage used to hold or transport prisoners |
| 囚人 | qiú rén | prisoner; convict |
| 劫囚 | jié qiú | to break a prisoner out of jail |
| 囚锢锋 (囚錮鋒) | qiú gù fēng | occluded front (meteorology) |
| 拘囚 | jū qiú | to imprison; prisoner |
| 系囚 (繫囚) | xì qiú | prisoner |
English words written with 囚
囚 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.