拘

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jū, gōu, jǔ, jú
Cantonese: keoi1
JapaneseKun: TODOMERU TORAERU KAKAWARU
JapaneseOn: KOU KU
Korean: KWU
Vietnamese: câu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: restrain, seize, detain

CE-Dict: to capture/to restrain/to constrain/to adhere rigidly to/inflexible

Soothill: Seize, take, arrest; translit. k (क्) sounds, cf. 巨, 矩, 俱, 憍.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to apprehend; to detain; to arrest
2.inflexible
3.to adhere rigidly to
4.confined; restricted; not free; restrained

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: arrest; inflexible; limit; restrict

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: arrest; inflexible; limit; restrict

湘雅醫學專業詞典: rigidity

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《句部》拘止也。从句从手，句亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】拘
【唐韻】舉朱切【集韻】【韻會】恭于切，𠀤音駒。【說文】止也。【徐曰】物去，手能止之也。【廣韻】執也。【易·隨卦】拘係之，乃從維之。【書·酒誥】盡執拘以歸于周。【左傳·僖三十三年】武夫力而拘諸原。　又【史記·汲黯傳】弘大體，不拘文法。【前漢·司馬遷傳】隂陽之術大詳而衆忌諱，使人拘而多畏。【註】拘，曲礙也。【集韻】或作句。又作𢳉。別作佝。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤居侯切，音鉤。擁也。【禮·曲禮】必加帚於箕上，以袂拘而退。【註】以袂擁帚之前，埽而郤行之。　又取也。【禮·曲禮】凡僕人之禮，必授人綏，若僕者降等，則撫僕之手，不然，則自下拘之。【疏】却手從僕手下自拘取之。　又曲也。與句同。【荀子·哀公篇】古之王者，有務而拘領者矣。【註】務讀爲冒。覆項也，句領，繞頸也。　又摟聚也。　又【正韻】求於切，音渠。【莊子·達生篇】吾處身也，若橛株拘。　又【集韻】果羽切，音矩。【前漢·地理志】拘㵎水至邯鄲入白渠。【註】應劭讀。　又俱遇切，音句。拘挐，不展也。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤拘玉切。與挶通。戟持也。【前漢·五行志】撠高后掖。【註】拘持之也。◎按詩傳，戟挶義同。故註釋互用。

CF-Dict: contraindre/limiter

Han-De-Dict: be-/einschränken (u.E.) (V)/befangen, gehemmt (u.E.) (V)/erfassen, erbeuten (u.E.) (V)/verhaften, festnehmen, inhaftieren (u.E.) (V)/unbeweglich, unflexibel (u.E.) (Adj)

Finnish: hillitä, anastaa, haltuunotto, pidättää; taipumaton; pitää lujasti kiinni (sopimuksesta); rajallinen