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Chinese symbol for “captivity”

囚禁
qiú jìn
to imprison; captivity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for captivity is 囚禁 (qiú jìn), defined as: to imprison; captivity.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

囚 qiú
prisoner, convict; to confine
radical 31 ⼞ · 5 strokes
禁 jìn
to restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
radical 113 ⽰ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 囚禁.

WordPinyinMeaning
囚犯qiú fànprisoner; convict
囚徒qiú túprisoner; convict
死囚sǐ qiúprisoner that awaits execution; convict sentenced to death
囚室qiú shìprison cell
囚衣qiú yīprison uniform
禁止jìn zhǐto prohibit; to forbid
不禁bù jīncan't help (doing sth); can't refrain from
监禁 (監禁)jiān jìnto imprison; to jail

See also: Japanese symbol for “captivity”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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