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拘 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
3Junior high level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
コウこう · kō
Kun
かか.わるkaka.waru
Meaning
arrest; be bound by

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 句: to seize and bind — to arrest, to be bound by.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō拘束こうそく拘留こうりゅう拘置こうち

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拘束こうそく

    restraint; binding

  • 拘置こうち

    detention

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

時間(じかん)に拘束(こうそく)されない働(はたら)き方(かた)だ。

It is a way of working not bound by hours.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

拘束拘置拘束bundle置place択choose抑hold…抽extrac…掛hang掃sweep孔hole甲armour巧skilfu…坑pit峡gorge
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading コウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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