Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拘

拘

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Meaning

 arrest, seize, catch, adhere to

Pronunciation

 KŌ
kakawaru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (sth. wrapped 勹 out the mouth 口), Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)

Mnemonic

The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.

Radicals

扌 hand(Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ)
句 phrase, clause
勹 wrap
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Vocabulary

拘束 こうそく restriction, restraint

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