拘 (jū)
to restrain; to detain
How 拘 is written
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 拘
- Simplified
- 拘 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- 勹 wrap
- 口 mouth
Common words using 拘
- 拘留 jūliú
- to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- 無拘無束 wújūwúshù
- free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries
- 不拘 bùjū
- not stick to; not confine oneself to; whatever
- 不拘一格 bùjūyīgé
- not stick to one pattern
- 不拘小節 bùjūxiǎojié
- to not bother about trifles (idiom)
- 拘役 jūyì
- detention
- 拘捕 jūbǔ
- to arrest
- 拘束 jūshù
- to restrict; to restrain; constrained
- 拘泥 jūnì
- to be a stickler for formalities; to rigidly adhere to; to cling to
- 拘留所 jūliúsuǒ
- detention center; prison
- 拘禁 jūjìn
- constraint; to detain; to take into custody
- 拘謹 jūjǐn
- reserved; overcautious
拘 in a sentence
大家隨便坐，不必拘束。
Dàjiā suíbiàn zuò, búbì jūshù.
“Everyone sit wherever you like; no need to be formal.”
How common is 拘?
拘 is the 2,094th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.5% of all running text.
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