漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
拘: arrest, seize
Also: concerned, adhere to, despite
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 句 gives the sound
8 strokes
Bronze · Western Zhou Today
Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 拘束こうそくrestriction; restraint; binding
- 拘置こうちdetention; confinement; arrest
- 拘禁こうきんdetention; custody; confinement
- 拘置所こうちしょprison; detention house; detention center
- 拘留こうりゅうcustody; detention; confinement
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- にも拘らずにもかかわらずin spite of; despite; although
Also read かかわる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side拘 arrest · 扌
vs局 bureau · 尸In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jū
Same form: 拘 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 拘 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 拘 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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