= yu + Ø4
prison
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How to pronounce 獄

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

獄 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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Characters with 獄 as component

yuè = yu + e4
surname Yue
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yuè = yu + e4
high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
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yuè = yu + e4
young phoenix
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Words with 獄

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

Sentences with 獄

獄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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