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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 囚禁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚犯 | qiú fàn | prisoner; convict |
| 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 |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit; to forbid |
| 不禁 | bù jīn | can't help (doing sth); can't refrain from |
| 监禁 (監禁) | jiān jìn | to 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.