prison, jail

is composed of and , in fact, here is the variant of 㚔, and 㚔 comes from the simplified , depicts a prisoner being confined in a prison. The original meaning of is prison, since the prisoners are always deployed to groom horses in ancient China, so also means herdsman of horses.

Vocabulary of 圉

  • 圉圉 (uneasy and uncomfortable)
  • 囹圉 (prison)

Classification

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