Memory phrase for the character: 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 wrist 口 in cross-section)

Mnemonic
 
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
句 phrase, clause
勹 wrapThe function of this radical 勹 for “to wrap” is easily recognizable with "package 包" or "chest/breast 胸".




 Vocabulary

拘束 こうそく  restriction, restraint
拘置所 こうちしょ  prison, detention center; jail

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