jū
restrain
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 句 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
jū
restrain, seize, detain; to capture; to restrain; to constrain; to adhere rigidly to; inflexible
Most common words with 拘
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to detain (a prisoner) | ||
to arrest | ||
to detain as criminal | ||
prison | ||
to restrict |
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