Memory phrase for the Kanji: 狱

狱

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Meaning prison, jail, penitentiary

Pronunciation

yù

Explanation

From left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), word 讠/言, dog 犬 (The big 大 person holds it 丶 in the arms)

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

Radicals

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