Chinese character 瘐 meaning explanation pronunciation

Writing Sheet

Pinyin yǔ

Phonetic Notation ㄩˇ

Strokes Count13

Radical疒

Strokes Count without Radical8

Five Stroke CodeUVWI|UEWI

Cangjie CodeKHXO

Zheng CodeTNOD

Stroke Code4134132151134

Four Corner Code00187

UNICODE7610

Character FormLeft-top-enclosed

Englishto die in prison from cold and hunger; to treat with cruelty

FrenchMaladie

Germanymisshandeln

● 瘐

yǔ ㄩˇ

　◎ 〔～死〕古代指囚犯因受刑、冻饿、生病而死在监狱里，现在称“监毙”。

瘐困瘐弊瘐死瘐毙瘐瘐

详细字义

◎ 瘐 yǔ

〈动〉

(1) 忧郁 [worry]。如:瘐瘐(忧郁之病);瘐困(疲乏)

(2) 囚犯在狱中因饥寒致病 [ill in prison]。如:瘐弊(囚犯病困)

【集韻】【韻會】𠀤勇主切，音𢈔。【爾雅·釋訓】瘐瘐，病也。【註】賢人失志，懷憂病也。【集韻】囚以飢寒而死曰瘐。【前漢·宣帝紀】瘐死獄中。【註】蘇林曰：病也。囚徒病，律名爲瘐。

又【集韻】容朱切，音兪。或作瘉。義同。