獄

獄 (radical 94, 犬+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 大竹卜口大 (KHYRK), four-corner 4323₄, composition ⿰狺犬)

• 𭗢, 嶽, 𧀀, 𡽺, 𩁓, 鸑(𬸚), 𡈭

• 狱 (Simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: page 717, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20603
• Dae Jaweon: page 1128, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1365, character 16
• Unihan data for U+7344

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 㹜 (“two dogs”) + 言 (“words”) (㹜 = 犭 + 犬, two forms of “dog”). A place where dogs are barking (言) at each other, a jail with guard dogs.

獄

1. prison

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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• Go-on: ごく (goku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぎょく (gyoku)
• Kun: ひとや (hitoya, 獄)

• 獄 (ごく)衣 (い) (gokui): prison clothes
• 獄則 (ごくそく) (gokusoku): prison rules
• 地 (じ)獄 (ごく) (jigoku): hell
• 辺獄 (へんごく) (hengoku): (theology) limbo
• 煉獄 (れんごく) (rengoku): (theology) purgatory

From Middle Chinese 獄 (ngjowk, “prison”).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ご​く [góꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

獄 (hiragana ごく, rōmaji goku)

1. prison

Compound of 人 (hito, “human”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ひとや [hìtóyá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [çito̞̊ja̠]

• 人 (ひと)屋 (や) (hitoya), 囚 (ひと)獄 (や) (hitoya)

獄 (hiragana ひとや, rōmaji hitoya)

1. prison

獄 • (ok) (hangeul 옥)

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獄 (ngục)

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• Nôm: ngục

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999