圉
yǔ

stable

Components

囗
囗 Meaning component
wéi, guó surround

enclosure

幸
幸 Sound component
xìng fortunate

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjoXm-qʰ<r>aʔprison; keep in enclosure
Zhengzhangŋaʔ
Unicodengiǔ

說文解字

囹圄，所以拘罪人。从㚔从囗。一曰圉，垂也。一曰圉人，掌馬者。

Sources

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