Memory phrase for the character: 拘

拘

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Meaning

to arrest, adhere, capture, restrain

Pronunciation

 jū

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口, Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)

Mnemonic
 
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
句 sentence
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 Vocabulary

拘谨 jū jǐn  reserved; overcautious
拘留 jū liú  to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
拘役 jū yì  detention
拘束 jū shù  to restrict; to restrain; constrained; awkward; ill at ease; uncomfortable; reticent
拘束 jū shù  

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