prison

= + + : Yu the Great (yu) opened an animal shelter in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and she put up an advertisement column (讠) with the faces of her dachshund (犭) and her Saint Bernard dog (犬). For the dogs however the animal shelter is more like a prison (狱) because they are kept in small cages.

狱 character breakdown

dog / Kangxi radical 94

= + : Cupid wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog in the anthill and throws a petal leaf over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot happily leaps after the petal leaf.

= + : Looks like a Saint Bernard dog with only one eye.
three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3]

Cupid takes his dachshund out for a walk to the anthill, where he has a drink with his dachshund.
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like a big "i" (like in information), and I'll represent it by an advertising column. Maud Younger (y) gives a speech (讠) standing on top of an advertising column (讠) in the anthill's kitchen (an2).
fault / mistake

Characters with 狱 as component

狱 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 狱

to go to jail / to be sent to prison
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time
jailer (old)
to break into jail / to forcibly release prisoners
unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
unjust charge or verdict / miscarriage of justice / frame-up
see 阿鼻地獄|阿鼻地狱[A1 bi2 Di4 yu4]
to pass judgment on a legal case
literary inquisition / official persecution of intellectuals for their writing
jail / prison
prison guard / jailer (old)
see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]
a hard legal case to judge
Qincheng Prison, maximum-security prison located about 30 km north of central Beijing, whose inmates include former high-level officials convicted of corruption

Sentences with 狱

狱 currently does not appear in any sentence.