= ju + Ø1
to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible
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How to pronounce 拘

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ju initial

Ju is for Zeus.

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+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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拘 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gōu = g + ou1
variant of 勾[gou1]
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= ju + Ø4
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 拘 as component

拘 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 拘

to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody
to arrest
detention center / prison

Sentences with 拘

拘 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 拘 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

to capture / to restrain / to constrain / to adhere rigidly to / inflexible

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