Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: captured, criminal, arrest, catch

Kunyomi: とら.われる

Onyomi: シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: enclosure

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シュウ imprisonment, captive, prisoner

シュウジン prisoner, convict

確定死刑 カクテイシケイシュウ criminal condemned to death, convict on death row

ザイシュウ prisoner, convict

Kunyomi Examples

捕らわれる とらわれる to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by