拘

拘 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口 (QPR), four-corner 5702₀, composition ⿰扌句)

• 㐝 𢛑 𭕣

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11963
• Dae Jaweon: page 774, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1856, character 1
• Unihan data for U+62D8

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ko): semantic 扌 + phonetic 句 (OC *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo).

拘

1. to arrest; to detain

   拘留  ―  jūliú  ―  to detain

2. to restrain; to restrict; to constrain

   拘束  ―  jūshù  ―  to constrain

   拘謹／拘谨  ―  jūjǐn  ―  overcautious

3. to be inflexible

   拘泥  ―  jūní  ―  to rigidly adhere to

4. to limit

   不拘一格  ―  bùjūyīgé  ―  not limited to one type or style

5. (Cantonese, chiefly in the negative) to be concerned about; to mind; to worry
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stop; to prevent
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cramp; spasm
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) beat; meter

• “拘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

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• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: く (ku)、こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かかわる (kakawaru, 拘わる)、こだわる (kodawaru, 拘る)、とどめる (todomeru, 拘める)、とらえる (toraeru, 拘える)

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• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ku]
• Phonetic hangul: [구]

Wikisource

拘 (eumhun 잡을 구 (jabeul gu))

1. hanja form^? of 구 (“restrain, seize, detain”)

拘: Hán Nôm readings: câu

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