Memory phrase for the character: 狱


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Meaning prison, jail, penitentiary

Pronunciation

Explanation

From left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), word /, dog (The big person holds it in the arms)

Mnemonic


 
A wild animal turns by one word (= sentence of a judge) into a tame dog: in prison.

Radicals

wild animalShows in particular a wild dog on its hind legs.
wordtraditionally , which shows sound waves out of a mouth
dogShows a big person with with outspread arms who holds a small dog
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 Vocabulary

监狱 jiān yù  prison
地狱 dì yù  hell; infernal; underworld
入狱 rù yù  go to jail; get sent to prison
入狱 rù yù  


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