拘

音読おんよみ: コウ

訓読くんよみ: とら-える・とど-める・かか-わる・こだわ-る

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: てへん(扌)

Meaning

To seize / Arrest / Detain / Get involved with

  • こうる(かかわる) — to be concerned with; to be particular about
  • 拘束こうそく — restraint; confinement; restriction
  • 拘留こうりゅう — detention; custody
  • 拘置こうち — confinement; incarceration
  • 拘泥こうでい — being obsessed or stuck on small details

The hand radical shows physical action — reaching, holding, or seizing. In , that hand extends to grip or stop something. That’s why it means “to detain,” “to arrest,” or even “to be caught up in” an idea or detail.

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