Chinese symbol for “prisoner”
囚犯
qiú fàn
prisoner; convict
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prisoner is 囚犯 (qiú fàn), defined as: prisoner; convict.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prisoner”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囚 | qiú | prisoner |
| 囚徒 | qiú tú | prisoner; convict |
| 犯人 | fàn rén | convict; prisoner |
| 囚人 | qiú rén | prisoner; convict |
| 监趸 (監躉) | jiān dǔn | prisoner (Cantonese) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 囚犯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 侵犯 | qīn fàn | to infringe on; to encroach on |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prisoner”.
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.