1. 狱

狱

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  1. 狱 is the 1595th most frequent character.
  2. 狱 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 狱 appears as a character in 14 words.
  4. 狱 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
狱 => 犭, No glyph available
Radical :
狱 => 犭 (dog), 讠 (speech), 犬 (dog)
Graphical :
狱 => ㇁, ㇒, ㇊, 丶, 人, 一, 丶

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. yu4 - prison

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 狱 (yu4): The component 讠 is pronounced as 'yan2'. It has the same pinyin initial.
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Example Words:

High Frequency

地狱 (地獄)
越狱 (越獄)

Medium Frequency

入狱 (入獄)
狱 (獄)
监狱 (監獄)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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