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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: 囗 人

囚

Radical

Radical: 囗

Meaning: enclosure

Reading: くにがまえ

Frequency: 118

囗

Examples

Onyomi Examples

囚 (シュウ) imprisonment, captive, prisoner

囚人 (シュウジン) prisoner, convict

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

罪囚 (ザイシュウ) prisoner, convict

Kunyomi Examples

囚われる (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

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