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= yu + Ø4
prison
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How to pronounce 狱

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

狱 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
quǎn = qu + an3
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]
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yóu = y + ou2
fault / mistake
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yán = y + an2
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
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quǎn = qu + an3
dog / Kangxi radical 94
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Characters with 狱 as component

狱 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 狱

hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka
to be released from prison

Sentences with 狱

狱 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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