拘 – arrest, seize, concerned

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1336 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 拘 means arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かか.わる (kakawaru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	かか.わる	kakawaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 口・勹・扎.

Words using 拘

拘束こうそくrestriction

Example sentences

この決定は諸君全部を拘束するものではない。

This decision is not binding on all of you.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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