The kanji 拘: meaning, readings and stroke order

拘

Meaning: restrain, be fussy
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ràng buộc, câu nệ (câu)
Japanese: とらえてとどめる。こだわる。
Korean: 붙잡다, 구애되다 (구)
Chinese: 拘束、拘泥

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

拘こう束そく
being tied down, restraint
時間に 拘こう束そくされます。
I am tied down by time.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.