Kanji
拘
N1
8 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1336
arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite
On'yomi (音読み)
コウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かか.わる
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
拘束
こうそく
restriction; restraint
拘置
こうち
detention; confinement
拘置所
こうちしょ
prison; detention house
拘禁
こうきん
detention; custody
拘留
こうりゅう
custody; detention
拘束時間
こうそくじかん
total hours spent working
予防拘禁
よぼうこうきん
preventive detention; preventive custody
拘束衣
こうそくい
straitjacket
瘢痕拘縮
はんこんこうしゅく
scar contracture; cicatricial contraction
法的拘束力
ほうてきこうそくりょく
legal binding force; legally binding power
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
拘り合う
かかずりあう
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
身柄を拘束する
みがらをこうそくする
to detain; to take into custody
拘う
かかずらう
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
拘り
こだわり
obsession; fixation
Example sentences
悪名高(あくめいたか)い反乱(はんらん)兵(へい)はついに捕(と)らえられ、拘置所(こうちしょ)に身柄(みがら)を拘束(こうそく)された。
The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.
その男(おとこ)は拘留(こうりゅう)された。
The man was held in police custody.
こだわりはお客(きゃく)に伝(つた)わってこそ意味(いみ)をなす。
Care over the particulars only has meaning once it gets across to customers.