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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 獄 U+7344 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jianbo | 狱 Simplified character | 𡈭 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 犬+ 11 strokes = 13 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.461#19 Kangxi: p.717#03 Cihai: p.878r6c04 GSR: 1215.a Hanyu: v2,p1365#16 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𭗢 岳 𡽺 𡈭 𧀀 𩁓 鸑 |
| Mandarin: | yù ㄩˋ |
| Cantonese: | juk6 |
| Shuowen: | 《㹜部》狱：确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·入声·烛·玉》狱：皐陶所造。《说文》确也，从㹜从言二犬所以守也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·犬部·十》狱：〔古文〕𡈭《唐韵》《正韵》鱼欲切《集韵》《韵会》虞欲切，𠀤音玉。《说文》确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。《释名》狱，确也。确实人之情僞也。《玉篇》二王始有狱。殷曰羑里，周曰囹圄。又谓之牢，又谓之圜土。《广韵》臯陶所造。《易·贲卦》象曰：山下有火贲，君子以明庶政，无敢折狱。《书·立政》文王罔攸，兼于庶言，庶狱，庶愼。《诗·召南》谁谓女无家，何以速我狱。又星名。《史记·天官书》狱汉星出正北，北方之野。星去地可六丈，大而赤，数动，察之中靑。 |
| Fanqie: | 鱼欲 (《广韵·入声·烛·玉》) |
| Unihan definition: | prison, jail; case; lawsuit |
Example usage
| 《论语·颜渊》: | 子曰：“片言可以折狱者，其由也与？” |
| The Master said, "Ah! it is You, who could with half a word settle litigations!" | |
| 《孟子·万章上》: | 朝觐讼狱者不之益而之启，曰：‘吾君之子也。’ |
| The princes, repairing to court, went not to Yi, but they went to Qi. Litigants did not go to Yi, but they went to Qi, saying, "He is the son of our sovereign;" | |
| 《礼记·檀弓下》: | 曰：“寡人尝学断斯狱矣：臣弑君，凡在官者杀无赦。” |
| He added, 'I have learned how to decide on such a charge. When a minister kills his ruler, all who are in office with him should kill him without mercy.' | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 如有犯法，则司狱在。 |
| If there are those who break the law, then there are officers and jails to deal with them. | |
| 《论衡·率性》: | 是故王法不废学校之官，不除狱理之吏，欲令凡众见礼义之教。 |
| Therefore the government does not abolish the officers of public instruction or dispense with criminal judges, wishing thereby to inculcate the observance of the moral laws. | |
| 《墨子·尚贤中》: | 贤者之治国者也，蚤朝晏退，听狱治政，是以国家治而刑法正。 |
| When the virtuous rules the country, he starts the day early and retires late, hearing lawsuits and attending to the government. As a result, the country is well governed and laws are justly administered. | |
| 《商君书·境内》: | 其狱法：高爵訾下爵级。 |
| In case of transgression of the law, then those of higher rank criticize those of lower rank and degree. | |
| 《史记·五帝本纪》: | 诸侯朝觐者不之丹朱而之舜，狱讼者不之丹朱而之舜，讴歌者不讴歌丹朱而讴歌舜。 |
| When the princes went to an audience at court, they did not present themselves before Danzhu, but before Shun; litigants did not go before Danzhu, but Shun; and the singers did not sing in praise of Danzhu, but of Shun. | |
| 《诗经·行露》: | 谁谓女无家、何以速我狱。 |
| Who can say that you did not get me betrothed? How else could you have urged on this trial? | |
| 《荀子·宥坐》: | 不教其民，而听其狱，杀不辜也。 |
| 《说苑·君道》: | 周公践天子之位布德施惠，远而逾明，十二牧，方三人，出举远方之民，有饥寒而不得衣食者，有狱讼而失职者，有贤才而不举者，以入告乎天子，天子于其君之朝也，摄而进之曰：“意朕之政教有不得者与！” |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 以其问之不妄，知质之狱不可不察也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷二》: | 夫辟土殖谷者、后稷也，决江流河者，禹也，听狱执中者，皋陶也，然而圣后者，尧也。 |
| 《大戴礼记·礼察》: | 乡饮酒之礼废，则长幼之序失，而争斗之狱繁矣。 |
| 《白虎通德论·封禅》: | 又曰：“堕山乔狱，允犹翕河。” |
| 《新书·修政语下》: | 诸侯听狱断刑，仁于治，陈于行，其由此守而不存，攻而不得，战而不胜者，自古而至于，今自天地之辟也，未之尝闻也。 |
| 《新序·杂事四》: | 梁尝有疑狱，群臣半以为当罪，半以为无罪，虽梁王亦疑。 |
| 《中论·亡国》: | 故人君苟修其道义，昭其德音，慎其威仪，审其教令，刑无颇僻，狱无放残，仁爱普殷，惠泽流播，百官乐职，万民得所，则贤者仰之如天地，爱之如亲戚，乐之如埙篪，歆之如兰芳，故其归我也，犹决壅导滞水注之大壑，何不至之有？ |
| 《孔子家语·始诛》: | 不教以孝而听其狱，是杀不辜。 |
| 《潜夫论·班禄》: | 是故先王将发号施令，谆谆如也，唯恐不中而道于邪，故作典以为民极，上下共之，无有私曲，三府制法，未闻赦彼有罪，狱货惟宝者也 |
| 《太玄经·释》: | 上九，今狱后谷，终说桎梏。 |
| 《风俗通义·六国》: | 当农桑之时，重为所烦劳，不舍乡亭，止于棠树之下，听讼决狱，百姓各得其所。 |
| 《孔丛子·刑论》: | 孔子适卫，卫将军文子问曰：“吾闻鲁公父氏不能听狱。” |
| 《申鉴·政体》: | 惟慎庶狱以昭人情。 |
| 《新语·道基》: | 于是皋陶乃立狱制罪，悬赏设罚，异是非，明好恶，检奸邪，消佚乱。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 四代狱之别名：唐虞曰士官，《史记》曰皋陶为理，《尚书》曰皋陶作士，夏曰均台，周曰囹圄，汉曰狱。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 四代狱之别名：唐虞曰士官，《史记》曰皋陶为理，《尚书》曰皋陶作士，夏曰均台，周曰囹圄，汉曰狱。 |
| 《文子·上义》: | 兵至其郊，令军帅曰：无伐树木，无掘坟墓，无败五谷，无焚积聚，无捕民虏，无聚六畜，乃发号施令曰：其国之君，逆天地，侮鬼神，决狱不平，杀戮无罪，天之所诛，民之所雠也，兵之来也，以废不义而授有德也，有敢逆天道，乱民之贼者，身死族灭，以家听者禄以家，以里听者赏以里，以乡听者封以乡，以县听者侯其县。 |
| 《鬻子·上禹政第六》: | 为铭于簨𧇽，曰：“教寡人以道者击鼓，教寡人以义者击钟，教寡人以事者振铎，语寡人以忧者击磬，语寡人以狱讼者挥鼗。” |
| 《韩非子·解老》: | 朝甚除也者，狱讼繁也。 |
| 《管子·轻重己》: | 牺牲以彘，发号出令曰：“罚而勿赏，夺而勿予，罪狱诛而勿生，终岁之罪，毋有所赦，作衍牛马之实在野者王”，天子之秋计也。 |
| 《司马法·仁本》: | 诸侯说怀，海外来服，狱弭而兵寝，圣德之治也。 |
| 《尉缭子·将理》: | 今夫决狱，小圄不下数十，中圄不下数百，大圄不下数千。 |
| 《淮南子·缪称训》: | 召公桑蚕耕种之时，驰狱出拘，使百姓皆得反业修职。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·高义》: | 秦之野人，以小利之故，弟兄相狱，亲戚相忍。 |
| 《春秋左传》: | 对曰，小惠未遍，民弗从也，公曰，牺牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信，对曰，小信未孚，神弗福也，公曰，小大之狱，虽不能察，必以情。 |
| 《逸周书·本典解》: | 周公再拜稽首，曰：“臣闻之文考，能求士者智也，与民利者仁也，能收民狱者义也，能督民过者德也，为民犯难者武也。” |
| 《国语·郑语》: | 褒人褒姁有狱，而以为入于王，王遂置之，而嬖是女也，使至于为后而生伯服。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 对曰：“盍去冤聚之狱，使反田矣。” |
| 《吴越春秋》: | 三守暴困之辱，不离三狱之囚，泣涕而受冤，行哭而为隶，演易作卦，天道佑之。 |
| 《越绝书》: | 吴狱庭，周三里，春申君时造。 |
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