The story of 圉

prison, jail

圉 is composed of 囗 and 幸, in fact, 幸 here is the variant of 㚔, and 㚔 comes from the simplified 執, 圉 depicts a prisoner being confined in a prison. The original meaning of 圉 is prison, since the prisoners are always deployed to groom horses in ancient China, so 圉 also means herdsman of horses.

Vocabulary of 圉

  • 圉圉 (uneasy and uncomfortable)
  • 囹圉 (prison)

Classification

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