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囚 = 人 + 囗
囚 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “captured”. It is built from 人 (person) and 囗 (enclosure). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1094.
- Keyword
- captured
- RTK frame
- 1094
- Strokes
- 5
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シュウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- とら.われる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- захваченный
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 囚 prisoner
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 囚 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “enclosure”. 囚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 囚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.