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獄

yù

prison, jail; case; lawsuit

Strokes
14
Radical
犬
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 狱

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 狱, the simplified form of 獄. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 地狱什么样?

    Dì yù shén me yàng

    What is hell like?

  • 你是为什么入狱的?

    Nǐ shì wèi shén me rù yù de

    What were you in prison for?

  • 他人即地狱。

    Tā rén jí dì yù

    Others are hell.

  • 你在监狱做什么?

    Nǐ zài jiān yù zuò shén me

    What are you doing on prison grounds?

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 狱

  • 监狱jiān yù 1–4 prison
  • 地狱dì yù 4–4 hell; infernal; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka