拘
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to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,809 U+62D8
How 拘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 句 (phonetic, jù)
How to remember it
detain · Heisig RSH #1832
fingers + 句 sentence
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 句
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 句 (jù) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 句 sound component | jù | sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 鸲 | qú | mynah; Erithacus species (various) |
| 苟 | gǒu | careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only |
| 够 | gòu | enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster |
| 枸 | gōu | a kind of aspen found in Sichuan |
| 驹 | jū | colt; fleet, swift; surname |
| 朐 | qú | warm |
| 昫 | xù | warm |
| 鼩 | qú | shrew |
| 劬 | qú | diligent; to toil, to endeavor |
| 岣 | gǒu | a hill in Hunan |
| 笱 | gǒu | a basket trap for fish |
Words containing 拘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不拘一格 | bù jū yī gé | not stick to one pattern |
| 不拘小节 | bù jū xiǎo jié | to not bother about trifles (idiom) |
| 行政拘留 | xíng zhèng jū liú | to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less; ad… |
| 无拘无束 | wú jū wú shù | free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries |
| 不加拘束 | bù jiā jū shù | unrestricted |
| 刑事拘留 | xíng shì jū liú | to detain as criminal; criminal detention |
| 拘留所 | jū liú suǒ | detention center; prison |
| 不拘 | bù jū | not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever |
| 行拘 | xíng jū | to arrest without trial or charge (i.e. administrative detention) (abbr. for 行政拘留[xing2 zh… |
| 放诞不拘 | fàng dàn bù jū | wanton and unrestrained (idiom); dissolute |
| 拘传 | jū chuán | subpoena; to summon (for questioning) |
| 拘礼 | jū lǐ | to stand on ceremony; punctilious |
| 拘票 | jū piào | warrant (for arrest) |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 拘束衣 | jū shù yī | straightjacket |
| 拘守 | jū shǒu | to hold tight; to cling to; to adhere; stubborn; to detain sb as prisoner |
| 拘检 | jū jiǎn | restrained and cautious |
| 拘泥 | jū nì | to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to; constrained; ill at e… |
| 刑拘 | xíng jū | to detain as criminal; criminal detention; abbr. for 刑事拘留[xing2 shi4 ju1 liu2] |
| 拘拿 | jū ná | to arrest |