Chinese Character 拘 Meanings and components.

Form

拘

Meaning

拘 meaning[3] in English

To Capture.

To Restrain.

To Constrain.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and variant of 勾[gou1] (句)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QPR

How to write 拘

To write拘ju1to capture you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 句ju4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 句 = 拘

拘 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 拘 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 拘, looks as follow:

拘
Pinyin:ju1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Capture . To Restrain . To Constrain . To Adhere Rigidly To . Inflexible
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
句
Pinyin:ju4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 勾[Gou1]
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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