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拘

arrest
Stroke count: 8

Readings

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Verbs with «拘»

拘束する

Meanings

  1. arrestRtK
    君が一つの形式に拘っている限り、素晴らしい考えを思い付くことはできない。As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.tatoeba
    警官は彼を拘留した。The police held him in custody.tatoeba
  2. seize
  3. concerned
  4. adhere to
  5. despite
  1. detention
  2. custody
  3. confinement
  4. internment

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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finger · fingers · phrase · bound up (乙) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 706

Compound words

君が一つの形式に拘っている限り、素晴らしい考えを思い付くことはできない。
As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.tatoeba
悪名高い反乱兵はついに捕らえられ、拘置所に身柄を拘束された。
The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

独身は孤独を感じるが自由度が高い。結婚すると愛は感じられるが拘束感がある。
どくしんはこどくをかんじるがじゆうどがたかい。けっこんするとあいはかんじられるがこうそくかんがある。Being single feels lonely but offers freedom; being married brings love but comes with constraints.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

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Practice Writing

Practice Writing 拘

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