| Chinese Text Project |
| 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 嶽 𡽺 𡈭 𧀀 𩁓 鸑 |
| Mandarin: | yù ㄩˋ |
| Cantonese: | juk6 |
| Shuowen: | 《㹜部》獄：确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·燭·玉》獄：皐陶所造。《說文》确也，从㹜从言二犬所以守也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·犬部·十》獄：〔古文〕𡈭《唐韻》《正韻》魚欲切《集韻》《韻會》虞欲切，𠀤音玉。《說文》确也。从㹜从言。二犬，所以守也。《釋名》獄，确也。确實人之情僞也。《玉篇》二王始有獄。殷曰羑里，周曰囹圄。又謂之牢，又謂之圜土。《廣韻》臯陶所造。《易·賁卦》象曰：山下有火賁，君子以明庶政，无敢折獄。《書·立政》文王罔攸，兼于庶言，庶獄，庶愼。《詩·召南》誰謂女無家，何以速我獄。又星名。《史記·天官書》獄漢星出正北，北方之野。星去地可六丈，大而赤，數動，察之中靑。 |
| Fanqie: | 魚欲 (《廣韻·入聲·燭·玉》) |
| Unihan definition: | prison, jail; case; lawsuit |
Example usage
| 《論語·顏淵》: | 子曰：「片言可以折獄者，其由也與？」 |
| The Master said, "Ah! it is You, who could with half a word settle litigations!" | |
| 《孟子·萬章上》: | 朝覲訟獄者不之益而之啟，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;" | |
| 《禮記·檀弓下》: | 曰：「寡人嘗學斷斯獄矣：臣弒君，凡在官者殺無赦。」 |
| 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.' | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 如有犯法，則司獄在。 |
| If there are those who break the law, then there are officers and jails to deal with them. | |
| 《論衡·率性》: | 是故王法不廢學校之官，不除獄理之吏，欲令凡眾見禮義之教。 |
| 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·尚賢中》: | 賢者之治國者也，蚤朝晏退，聽獄治政，是以國家治而刑法正。 |
| 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. | |
| 《商君書·境內》: | 其獄法：高爵訾下爵級。 |
| In case of transgression of the law, then those of higher rank criticize those of lower rank and degree. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 諸侯朝覲者不之丹朱而之舜，獄訟者不之丹朱而之舜，謳歌者不謳歌丹朱而謳歌舜。 |
| 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. | |
| 《詩經·行露》: | 誰謂女無家、何以速我獄。 |
| 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，而聽其獄，殺不辜也。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 周公踐天子之位布德施惠，遠而逾明，十二牧，方三人，出舉遠方之民，有饑寒而不得衣食者，有獄訟而失職者，有賢才而不舉者，以入告乎天子，天子於其君之朝也，攝而進之曰：「意朕之政教有不得者與！」 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 以其問之不妄，知質之獄不可不察也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 夫闢土殖穀者、后稷也，決江流河者，禹也，聽獄執中者，皋陶也，然而聖后者，堯也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·禮察》: | 鄉飲酒之禮廢，則長幼之序失，而爭鬥之獄繁矣。 |
| 《白虎通德論·封禪》: | 又曰：「墮山喬獄，允猶翕河。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 諸侯聽獄斷刑，仁於治，陳於行，其由此守而不存，攻而不得，戰而不勝者，自古而至于，今自天地之辟也，未之嘗聞也。 |
| 《新序·雜事四》: | 梁嘗有疑獄，群臣半以為當罪，半以為無罪，雖梁王亦疑。 |
| 《中論·亡國》: | 故人君苟脩其道義，昭其德音，慎其威儀，審其教令，刑無頗僻，獄無放殘，仁愛普殷，惠澤流播，百官樂職，萬民得所，則賢者仰之如天地，愛之如親戚，樂之如塤箎，歆之如蘭芳，故其歸我也，猶決壅導滯水注之大壑，何不至之有？ |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 不教以孝而聽其獄，是殺不辜。 |
| 《潛夫論·班祿》: | 是故先王將發號施令，諄諄如也，唯恐不中而道於邪，故作典以為民極，上下共之，無有私曲，三府制法，未聞赦彼有罪，獄貨惟寶者也 |
| 《太玄經·釋》: | 上九，今獄後穀，終說桎梏。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 當農桑之時，重為所煩勞，不舍鄉亭，止于棠樹之下，聽訟決獄，百姓各得其所。 |
| 《孔叢子·刑論》: | 孔子適衛，衛將軍文子問曰：「吾聞魯公父氏不能聽獄。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 惟慎庶獄以昭人情。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是皋陶乃立獄制罪，懸賞設罰，異是非，明好惡，檢奸邪，消佚亂。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 四代獄之別名：唐虞曰士官，《史記》曰皋陶為理，《尚書》曰皋陶作士，夏曰均臺，周曰囹圄，漢曰獄。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 四代獄之別名：唐虞曰士官，《史記》曰皋陶為理，《尚書》曰皋陶作士，夏曰均臺，周曰囹圄，漢曰獄。 |
| 《文子·上義》: | 兵至其郊，令軍帥曰：無伐樹木，無掘墳墓，無敗五穀，無焚積聚，無捕民虜，無聚六畜，乃發號施令曰：其國之君，逆天地，侮鬼神，決獄不平，殺戮無罪，天之所誅，民之所讎也，兵之來也，以廢不義而授有德也，有敢逆天道，亂民之賊者，身死族滅，以家聽者祿以家，以里聽者賞以里，以鄉聽者封以鄉，以縣聽者侯其縣。 |
| 《鬻子·上禹政第六》: | 為銘於簨𧇽，曰：「教寡人以道者擊鼓，教寡人以義者擊鐘，教寡人以事者振鐸，語寡人以憂者擊磬，語寡人以獄訟者揮鞀。」 |
| 《韓非子·解老》: | 朝甚除也者，獄訟繁也。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 犧牲以彘，發號出令曰：「罰而勿賞，奪而勿予，罪獄誅而勿生，終歲之罪，毋有所赦，作衍牛馬之實在野者王」，天子之秋計也。 |
| 《司馬法·仁本》: | 諸侯說懷，海外來服，獄弭而兵寢，聖德之治也。 |
| 《尉繚子·將理》: | 今夫決獄，小圄不下數十，中圄不下數百，大圄不下數千。 |
| 《淮南子·繆稱訓》: | 召公桑蠶耕種之時，馳獄出拘，使百姓皆得反業修職。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·高義》: | 秦之野人，以小利之故，弟兄相獄，親戚相忍。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 對曰，小惠未遍，民弗從也，公曰，犧牲玉帛，弗敢加也，必以信，對曰，小信未孚，神弗福也，公曰，小大之獄，雖不能察，必以情。 |
| 《逸周書·本典解》: | 周公再拜稽首，曰：「臣聞之文考，能求士者智也，與民利者仁也，能收民獄者義也，能督民過者德也，為民犯難者武也。」 |
| 《國語·鄭語》: | 褒人褒姁有獄，而以為入于王，王遂置之，而嬖是女也，使至于為後而生伯服。 |
| 《晏子春秋》: | 對曰：「盍去冤聚之獄，使反田矣。」 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 三守暴困之辱，不離三獄之囚，泣涕而受冤，行哭而為隸，演易作卦，天道祐之。 |
| 《越絕書》: | 吳獄庭，周三里，春申君時造。 |
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