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Kanji Detail for 拘 - "to be particular"

拘

  • Meaning

    拘 means "to be particular." Also associated with to detain.

    1. To detain - To hold; to arrest and keep.

    2. To be particular - To be concerned; to be related; also, to be fixated.

  • Words using 拘

    • 拘束 こうそく Listen restriction; restraint; binding
    • 拘置 こうち Listen detention; confinement; arrest
    • 拘置所 こうちしょ Listen prison; detention house; detention center
    • 拘禁 こうきん Listen detention; custody; confinement

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    • Verified meaning: to be particular
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to detain

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    arrest; seize; concerned; adhere to; despite

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    restrain, seize, detain

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to detain, to restrain, to seize

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seize. Such as being captured being 被拘. | Having many scruples is 拘. Such as 拘謹.

  • Onyomi

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    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

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    kaka.waru(かか-わる) かか-わる

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to detain to be particular restraint confinement arrest bind captivity constraint detention fixated hold imprison keep limit restrict concerned

Sentences including 拘

  • The man was held in police custody.

  • The police held him in custody.

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