拘

jū

to capture

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

hand (扌) + sound jū (句) = capture and restrain

The hand radical grounds the meaning: a hand reaching out to seize and hold someone in place. 句 gives the sound jū; the restraining action belongs entirely to 扌.

扌+句→拘
句SentencePhonetic
扌HandSemantic

警察把那个小偷拘起来了。

jǐng chá bǎ nà ge xiǎo tōu jū qǐ lái le。

The police captured that thief.

做事不必太拘于规则,要灵活一点。

zuò shì bù bì tài jū yú guī zé,yào líng huó yī diǎn。

You don't need to adhere too rigidly to the rules when doing things — be a bit more flexible.

Words with 拘

刑拘

xíng jū

to detain as criminal

无拘无束

wú jū wú shù

free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered

不加拘束

bù jiā jū shù

unrestricted

不拘

bù jū

not stick to

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)

刑事拘留

xíng shì jū liú

to detain as criminal

拘役

jū yì

detention

拘传

jū chuán

subpoena

拘囚

jū qiú

to imprison

拘执

jū zhí

rigid

拘守

jū shǒu

to hold tight

More characters with 扌

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