- 囚人 — prisoner; inmate
- 捕囚 — captive; prisoner of war
- 囚われる — to be confined; to be held captive
※ 囚 is rarely used alone and appears almost exclusively in compound words.
The kanji 囚 shows a person 人 enclosed within a boundary 囗. The image clearly conveys the idea of someone confined, captured, or imprisoned.