圄
yǔ

prison

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround

enclosure

吾
吾 Sound component
wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjoXm-qʰ<r>aʔprison
Zhengzhangŋaʔ

說文解字

守之也。从囗吾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)