狱 Stroke Order — How to Write 狱
狱 is written in 9 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 犭, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
狱 Radical and Character Components
狱 is an ideographic compound. A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬.
Radical: 犭 + 6 more strokes
狱 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- yù
Meanings of 狱 in Chinese
yù狱
Common Words and Phrases with 狱
More words with 狱
- jié劫yù狱Prison break, Jailbreak
- liàn炼yù狱Purgatory
- chǎng厂yù狱Factory prison, Penal factory
- yù鬻yù狱judicial corruption, pervert justice
- zhào诏yù狱Imperial prison
- jiān监yù狱prison, jail
- rù入yù狱Go to prison, Be imprisoned
- duàn断yù狱Judge, Adjudicate
- láo牢yù狱prison, jail
- yuè越yù狱jailbreak, prison escape
- yù狱zhōng中in prison, in jail
- xià下dì地yù狱Go to hell, Be damned
- yù狱sòng讼lawsuit, litigation
- yù狱suǒ所Prison, Jail
- àn犴yù狱Hellish prison, Brutal prison
- bèi被pàn判rù入yù狱Sentenced to prison, Imprisoned
- zhé折yù狱Judge a case, Decide a lawsuit
- chū出yù狱hòu后after release, post-release
- jiān监yù狱lǐ里in prison, in jail
- àn犴yù狱zhī之shì事Prison affairs, Jail matters
Idioms with 狱
- jiǔ酒shí食dì地yù狱endless social engagements
- láng锒dāng铛rù入yù狱clapped in irons and thrown into prison
- rén人jiān间dì地yù狱a living hell
- tiān天táng堂dì地yù狱heaven and hell
- ā阿bí鼻dì地yù狱endless suffering or inescapable torment
- ā阿pí毗dì地yù狱incessant inescapable suffering
- dì地yù狱biàn变xiàng相hell on earth
- huà画dì地wéi为yù狱restrict to a specified sphere
- huà画dì地zuò作yù狱confine to a designated area
- jué决yù狱duàn断xíng刑administer justice
- pàn判yuān冤jué决yù狱judge cases and administer justice
- shí十bā八céng层dì地yù狱eighteen layers of hell
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Open the tool →Questions about 狱
What does 狱 mean in Chinese?
狱 (yù) means “Refers to a legal case” in Chinese.
How do you pronounce 狱?
狱 is pronounced yù in Mandarin Chinese.
How many strokes does 狱 have?
狱 has 9 strokes.
How do you write 狱?
狱 is written in 9 strokes, starting from the radical 犭. See the animated stroke order on this page.
What is the radical of 狱?
The radical of 狱 is 犭, and 狱 is an ideographic compound.