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Prison
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 35

Meanings

  1. prisonRtK
    彼は脱獄した。He escaped from prison.tatoeba
    彼は終戦直後に出獄した。He was released from prison immediately after the war.tatoeba
  2. jail
  1. gaol

Synonyms

監獄

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog犭variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · chihuahua · dog (犬) · large (大) · drop (丶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 361

Compound words

監獄かんごく
prison
疑獄ぎごく
bribery scandal; graft case
獄中ごくちゅう
during imprisonment; while in jail
出獄しゅつごく
release (from prison)
地獄じごく
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery
下獄げごく
being sent to prison
刑獄けいごく
jail
獄衣ごくい
prison uniform
獄死ごくし
death in jail
獄舎ごくしゃ
prison building
獄吏ごくり
jailer
脱獄だつごく
prison break, escape
入獄にゅうごく
entering prison
牢獄ろうごく
prison
仮出獄かりしゅつごく
parole
蟻地獄ありじごく
antlion (larva)
脱獄囚だつごくしゅう
escaped prisoner
アリ地獄ありじごく
antlion (larva)
あり地獄ありじごく
antlion (larva)
試験地獄しけんじごく
(entrance) examination hell
天国から地獄てんごくからじごく
(going straight) from heaven to hell

Additional Examples

彼は逮捕投獄される危険を冒した。
He ran the risk of being caught and imprisoned.tatoeba
彼が脱獄囚だなんて、私には思いもよらなかった。
It never occurred to me that he might be an escaped prisoner.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Prison; hell. 犭 + 言 (words) + 犬 — two dogs standing guard: a prisoner watched. 地獄 — hell.

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